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CLASS SECRETARIES 
AND THEIR DUTIES 



BY 

Henry P. de Forest, M. D. 

President of the Cornell Association of Class Secretaries 




PUBLISHED BY THE 

CORNELL ASSOCIATION OF CLASS SECRETARIES 

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PREFACE 



THE Cornell Association of Class Secretaries has 
long felt that some permanent record should be 
made of the origin and growth of this Associa- 
tion, and some definite information prepared which 
would be of value to all Class Secretaries, and should 
serve to unify and standardize their work. This book 
has been prepared pursuant to the instructions of 
the Association in the hope that its suggestions may be 
of interest to all Class Officers and of some help to 
such as feel perplexed upon taking up their duties for 
the first time. Assistance has come from many 
sources, but it is a special pleasure for the writer to 
express his thanks to our honored and beloved friend, 
Andrew Dickson White, for his contribution to this 
work. To him the University and the Alumni owe 
more than to any other living man. The introduction 
which he has so kindly contributed is but another 
illustration of the interest which he always feels in 
any work, however small, which aims to benefit our 
Alma Mater. 

Other Universities whose foundations were laid 
nearly as many centuries ago as Cornell has had 
decades of existence, long ago discovered that an 
active Association of Class Secretaries was one of 
the strongest ties to bind the Alumni to the Univer- 
sity. To the Yale Association of Class Secretaries 
the writer feels especially indebted for the example 
they have set, for standards they have established, 
and the cordial cooperation they have given to our 
own Association in the organization of its work. The 



excellent article, "The Class Secretary's Mission," 
by Mr. Frederick J. Shepard, Secretary of the Class 
of Yale '73, which appears in the Yale Handbook for 
Class Secretaries, is such a classic in its way that it 
has been reprinted with but slight modifications. 
The thanks of the writer are here expressed for the 
courtesy and permission thus accorded him. 

It is a pleasure to mention, in addition, the 
assistance received from William J. Norton, '02, the 
first Secretary of the Association, Dr. Luzerne 
Coville, '86, Professor Willard W. Rowlee, '88, Mr. 
William F. Atkinson, '95, and Professor Charles H. 
Tuck, '06, for their cordial cooperation in the prepa- 
ration of this little book. 

Henry P. de Forest. 

New York City, December, 1913. 




CONTENTS 



Introduction 7 

Officers of the Association ii 

Presidents and Honorary Members 12 

Class Secretaries 13 

Constitution 15 

Historical Sketch of the Association 17 

The Class Secretary's Mission 25 

Class Organization 33 

Class Records and Their Contents 38 

Form and Preservation of Records 51 

Financing of Class Records 55 

Publication of Class Records 56 

Distribution of Records 63 

Obituary Notices 65 

Cooperation with the University 66 

Cooperation with Alumni Associations 66 

Cooperation with the Cornell Alumni News d'j 

Suggestions for the Future 69 

Associate Alumni Cornell University 72 

The Cornellian Council 73 

Cornell Clubs and Associations 76 

Form of Stationery 81 

Form of Class Record 83 

Form of Class Letter 85 



INTRODUCTION 
♦ 

ANDREW DICKSON WHITE 

First President of Cornell University 

IT IS difficult for me to realize that the day-dreams 
of Ezra Cornell and myself, as we stood together 
for the first time on the hilltop which has since 
become the Campus, and discussed plans for the Uni- 
versity which now bears his name, have become reali- 
ties within a single generation. The wooded ravines of 
Cascadilla and of Fall Creek were beautiful then as 
now, but the cleared land between was but a meagre 
pasture, furrowed by ancient glaciers and divided by 
rail fences, with only here and there a tree left stand- 
ing in a soil apparently too scanty to be valuable. 
The Cascadilla Building of gray stone in the distance, 
and a few cottages and barns, were the only structures 
on these two hundred and fifty acres. The ideal so 
firmly fixed in the mind of Mr. Cornell of a University, 
with many buildings and with hundreds or perhaps 
thousands of students, seemed so remote as to be 
mere phantasy. The village of Ithaca, clustered 
among the trees of the valley below us, the wide 
sweep of the wooded hills beyond and the blue waters 
of Cayuga in the distance were vivid realities: but 
the University domain, which has now become in- 
creased to more than a thousand acres, with its scores 
of buildings, its towers and spires, its chiming bells 
and the hurrying crowds of its five thousand students, 
were as yet unthought of. 

The growth of the University has indeed been 
phenomenal. Cornell is taking its place among the 
foremost institutions of the United States. Estima- 
tion of its work is shown by the ever increasing 



numbers of students coming to it from every part of 
the civilized world. Steady efforts by those of our 
graduates who wish to make the work of their Alma 
Mater more and more effective and honorable are de- 
manded in order to make the institution more truly 
what we all so strongly desire that it should be — a 
source of blessing and a just pride to our whole 
country. 

With the conferring of degrees upon the first class, 
in 1869, a series of graduate organizations came into 
existence, and the Associate Alumni was naturally 
the first of these. Next, the need was felt for some 
Society to include a special representative from each 
class, and this resulted in the Cornell Association of 
Class Secretaries. Soon, also, the need for consolida- 
tion of Alumni eflforts to aid in providing funds for 
University growth led to the plan of founding the 
Cornellian Council. 

At my own Alma Mater, the Yale Association of 
Class Secretaries has been a pioneer and leader. It 
has been justly said: "The faithful class secretary has 
a right to rank himself among the men who erect 
buildings and endow professorial chairs of a Uni- 
versity." It is a pleasure for me to express my 
appreciation of the work that the similar Association 
at Cornell is doing by keeping in touch with all 
former students of the University, by helping the 
Associate Alumni in their work and by providing the 
foundation upon which the Cornellian Council can 
build securely. 

Having been informed by graduates whose hearts 
are especially interested that a more definite affilia- 
tion of these three organizations has now become a 
logical necessity, I have carefully considered several 
proposals for that purpose and have found all of them 
meritorious, and some of them apparently essential. 



Without any purpose or desire to intrude upon the 
province of the graduates of the Institution, may I 
not be allowed to express the hope that these pro- 
posals may, at an early date, be brought before the 
proper bodies of the Alumni by the Class Secretaries 
and others, carefully discussed and, so far as they are 
found desirable and feasible, put into operation? 

I desire to congratulate the Secretaries of the 
various Associations and the whole body of Alumni 
throughout the entire country — I should even say, 
throughout the world — upon this book now presented 
to them. It seems to me to reflect great credit 
especially upon Dr. de Forest and the gentlemen 
cooperating with him. He has wisely profited by the 
experience of others, but has welded all into excellent 
shape by his own ardent thought. I trust that I 
may be allowed to commend the work to all those 
concerned and to urge that the conclusions arrived 
at by him and others deeply interested in the work of 
consolidating the relations between the Alumni and 
the University for the benefit of both may be care- 
fully studied and energetically brought to practical 
results. 

With best wishes for the whole body of the grad- 
uates of Cornell, I remain 

Most respectfully and sincerely. 



OFFICERS 

1913-1914 



President 
HENRY PELOUZE DE FOREST, '84 

Vice-President 
CLARK SUTHERLAND NORTHUP, '93 

Secretary 
WILLARD AUSTEN, '91 

Treasurer 
ROBERT ELIAS TREMAN, '09 

Executive Committee 

THE SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION 

WILLARD WINFIELD ROWLEE, '88 

GEORGE HARPER YOUNG, '00 

HAROLD JAY RICHARDSON, '05 

Committee on Publications 

HENRY PELOUZE DE FOREST, '84 

LUZERNE COVILLE, '86 

CHARLES HENRY TUCK, '06 



PRESIDENTS 

♦ 

WILLIAM FITCH ATKINSON, '95 

1905-1908 

ROBERT JAMES EIDLITZ, '85 
I 908- I 909 

WILLARD WINFIELD ROWLEE, '88 
1909-1910 

WILLIAM JOHN NORTON, '02 
1910-1911 

CHARLES JAMES MILLER, '90 
1911-1912 

HENRY PELOUZE DE FOREST, '84 
1912-1914 



HONORARY MEMBERS 

ANDREW DICKSON WHITE, LL. D., L. H. D., D. C. L. 

First President of Cornell University 

THOMAS FREDERICK CRANE, A. M., Ph. D., Litt. D. 
Acting President of Cornell University 

CHARLES EDWARD TREMAN, '89 

Trustee, Cornell University 

The President of Cornell University 
JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, A. M., D. Sc, LL. D. 

The Registrar of Cornell University 
DAVID FLETCHER HOY, '91 

The Secretary of Cornell University 
WILLIAM JOHN DUGAN, '07 

The Editor, "Cornell Alumni News" 
WOODFORD PATTERSON, '95 



CLASS SECRETARIES 



1869 BUCHWALTER, MORRIS LYON 

Carew Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

1870 STORKE, CHARLES ALBERT 

State Street, McKay Building, Santa Barbara, Cal. 

1871 SPEED, ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER 

911 East State Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1872 CRANDALL, PROF. CHARLES LEE, (Cornell University) 

408 Hector Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1873 GILLETTE, EDWIN 

304 North Geneva Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1874 COMSTOCK, PROF. JOHN HENRY, (Cornell University) 

Roberts Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 
187s NICHOLS, PROF. EDWARD LEAMINGTON (Cornell University) 

5 South Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1876 FLANNERY, DANIEL FRANKLIN 

816 "The Rookery," Chicago, 111. 

1877 KERR, WILLIAM OGDEN 

III Oak Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1878 BEAHAN, WILLARD 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R., Cleveland, Ohio 

1879 TOMKINS, CALVIN 

17 Battery Place, Manhattan, New York City 

1880 IRVINE, PROF. FRANK, (Cornell University) 

210 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1881 WING, PROF. HENRY HIRAM, (Cornell University) 

3 Reservoir Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1882 HORR, NORTON TOWNSHEND 

15 18 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio 

1883 MATTHEWS, FRANKLIN 

33 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

1884 DE FOREST, DR. HENRY PELOUZE 

150 West 47th Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1885 BOSTWICK, EDWARD HERMON 

402 North Geneva Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1886 COVILLE, DR. LUZERNE 

514 East Buffalo Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1887 MOORE, DR. VERANUS ALVA, (Cornell University) 

914 East State Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1888 ROWLEE, PROF. WILLARD WINFIELD, (Cornell University) 

II East Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1889 OGDEN, PROF. HENRY NEELY, (Cornell University) 

614 University Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1890 MILLER, CHARLES JAMES 

Newfane, Niagara Co., N. Y. 

1891 AUSTEN, WILLARD, (Cornell University) 

Ambleside, University Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1892 BOSTWICK, CHARLES DIBBLE 

803 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

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14 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

1893 NORTHUP, PROF. CLARK SUTHERLAND, (Cornell University) 

107 College Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1894 BOGART, ELMER ELLSWORTH, (Morris High School) 

1 1 25 Boston Road, Bronx, New York City 
189s ATKINSON, WILLIAM FITCH 

44 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

1896 TOMPKINS, GEORGE SOLOMON 

47 South Manning Boulevard, Albany, N. Y. 

1897 LAUMAN, PROF. GEORGE NIEMAN, (Cornell University) 

128 Edgecliff Way, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1898 FULLER, JESSE, JR. 

166 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

1899 HAYNES, DR. ROYAL STORRS 

391 West End Avenue, Manhattan, New York City 

1900 YOUNG, GEORGE HARPER 

III Market Street, Willlamsport, Pa. 

1901 SHERWOOD, ARTHUR HENRY 

2469 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 

1902 NORTON, WILLIAM JOHN 

120 West Adams Street, Chicago, 111. 

1902 SHREVE, MRS. RUTH BENTLEY (for women) 

Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

1903 MORSE, RAYMOND PARMELEE 

166 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

1904 SWAN, CECIL JARVIS 

42 East 23d Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1905 RICHARDSON, HAROLD JAY 

131 Dayan Street, Lowville, N. Y. 

1906 TUCK, PROF. CHARLES HENRY, (Cornell University) 

Barnes Hall, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1907 LAZO, ANTONIO 

56 William Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1908 SHOEMAKER, SETH WHITNEY 

827 Electric Street, Scranton, Pa. 

1909 TREMAN, ROBERT ELIAS 

411 University Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1910 HEG, ERNEST CLARKE 

559 Westminster Avenue, Elizabeth, N. J. 

191 1 WINSLOW, JOHN EDWARD OLIVER 

712 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 

191 1 BRAYMER, MISS CLARA VIVIAN (for women) 

16 North Shamokin Street, Shamokin, Pa. 

1912 KELLOGG, ROSS WILLIAM 

Seneca Falls, N. Y. 

1912 DE FOREST, MISS MABEL (for women) 

58 Harrison Avenue, Springfield, Mass. 

1913 ROCKWELL, GEORGE HELM 

Care of the Secretary, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
1913 BECKER, MISS SOPHIE MARGARET (for women) 

420 Carey Street, Baltimore, Md. 

MEDICAL COLLEGE 

1901 CANTLE, DR. WILLIAM HENRY 

Mamaroneck, N. Y. 

1902 SEYMOUR, DR. NAN GILBERT (for women) 

129 East 17th Street, New York City 



CONSTITUTION 
♦ 

ARTICLE I. 

Name 

THE name shall be "The Cornell Association of Class 
Secretaries." 

ARTICLE 11. 
Object 
The object of this Association shall be to see that proper, 
complete and uniform statistics of each class are prepared, 
and that each class be encouraged to publish these class 
records at suitable intervals in a uniform manner; that the 
regular class reunions are organized in such a way as to secure 
the greatest attendance; that the work of all the Class Secre- 
taries be stimulated and standardized by proper cooperation, 
and that greater unity of action and feeling be developed in 
the various classes, in the various Alumni Associations, and 
in the Alumni body as a whole. 

ARTICLE III. 
Officers 

The officers of the Association shall be: 

1. A President whose duties shall be those of presiding 
officer and who shall also be ex officio member of the Execu- 
tive Committee. 

2. A Vice-President who shall, in the absence of the 
President, act as presiding officer. 

3. A Treasurer who shall collect the annual dues and keep 
the accounts of the Association. 

4. A Secretary who shall perform the usual duties of that 
office. He shall also be a member of the Executive Committee, 
and shall act as Chairman of that Committee. 

5. Three members of the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Executive Committee 

The Executive Committee shall consist of the President 
and the Secretary, ex officio, and three other members. The 

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l6 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

Secretary of this Association shall act as Chairman of this 
Committee. The Executive Committee shall be trusted with 
the general management of the Association. It shall have the 
power to appoint special committees from time to time, and 
act upon the reports submitted by such committees, and it 
shall be its duty to receive suggestions from members and take 
action upon them. It shall, if possible, take annual action 
looking toward the appointing of efficient Class Secretaries by 
the graduating class of Cornell University. 

ARTICLE V. 
Meetings and Elections 
There shall be an Annual Business Meeting held in New 
York City on some day in the month of February of each year. 
There shall also be an Annual Meeting in Ithaca on some day 
in the month of June of each year, and at this meeting shall 
be held the Annual Election of Officers and Members of the 
Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Membership 

The Active Membership of this Association shall consist 
of the Class Secretaries of Cornell University, and two mem- 
bers from the graduates of the Medical School in New York 
City. 

There shall be an Honorary Membership of such persons 
as may from time to time be elected at the regular meetings. 

ARTICLE VII. 
Dues 

The Annual Dues for all Active Members shall be Two Dol- 
lars (32.00) payable at the Annual Meeting in February in 
each year. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Amendments 
Amendments may be made at any Annual Business Meeting 
of the Association by a two-thirds vote of those present. 
Notice setting out the proposed amendment shall be sent 
at least ten days before such meeting, addressed to each mem- 
ber of the Association. 

Adopted, June 20, 1905 



THE CORNELL ASSOCIATION 
OF CLASS SECRETARIES 

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH* 

By Henry P. de Forest, '84 

President of the Association 

THE honor of being the first speaker at the first meeting 
of the Associate Alumni of Cornell University which has 
ever been held in the city of New York was conferred upon 
me, not because of my ability as an orator, but because 
for the time being I happen to be the President of the Asso- 
ciation of Class Secretaries. This Association, though not so 
old as the General Alumni Association, is a more homogeneous 
and strictly representative body. It has now been in exis- 
tence for seven years, and enough time has therefore elapsed 
for its members to realize their responsibilities and their needs. 
Its object is "to see that proper and uniform statistics of each 
class are kept; that the regular class reunions are organized 
in a way to secure the greatest attendance from their members; 
to stimulate the work of Secretaries by proper cooperation; 
to secure a greater unity of action and feeling in the various 
classes, and in the Alumni body as a whole." As a represen- 
tative body it has been able to hold meetings at more frequent 
intervals than the General Association, and has been the 
nucleus from which has developed several of our allied Cornell 
Societies. 

In choosing a subject to present to you, the speaker has 
thought it best to follow the time-honored custom in many 
scientific treatises of preparing a brief historical outline of the 
growth of this Association and its practical relation to the 
needs of the University at the present time, and in the years to 
come. This address, then, may properly be regarded as an 
historical sketch. 

In Cornell University, as in all other institutions, each 
class, soon after it had entered, effected an organization, and 

♦Read at the First Public Meeting of the Associate Alumni of Cornell University, 
held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Saturday, November 16, 1912. 

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1 8 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

elected class officers. The Class Secretary was always found 
among their number. He usually served for a year, was 
rarely re-elected, and each class as a result had four secre- 
taries during the four years of the college course. Custom 
decreed that the Secretary of the class in the senior year should 
continue as Secretary for an indefinite period. 

It became evident, as years passed and various class re- 
unions were held, that the success of these reunions depended, 
in a very large degree, upon the enthusiasm of the Secretary 
for his work, and upon his ability to keep track of his class- 
mates, and encourage them to return to Ithaca. Some 
classes were fortunate in their selection, and their reunions 
were very successful. Other classes were less happy in their 
choice and as a result their class reunions were attended by 
but few members of the class. Those who did attend found 
that but little had been done to provide for their entertain- 
ment, or for class festivities. 

It was apparent, particularly to those alumni living in 
Ithaca, that some attempt should be made to organize all of 
the classes of the University upon a more definite and per- 
manent basis. Certain standards should be formulated to 
which each Class Secretary should conform. Each class should 
be urged to choose as its Secretary, a man who would take the 
time, give the enthusiasm, and have the ability to secure the 
best results. 

Considerable informal discussion had taken place at Ithaca 
as to the best plan to secure these results. In 1903, Charles 
E. Treman, '89, an Alumni Trustee, was appointed by Presi- 
dent Schurman to effect permanent organizations in the 
various classes which had been graduated from the University, 
and to arrange for regular class reunions. By 1904 each of the 
thirty-seven classes, as well as the medical college, had a per- 
manent organization. Mr. Treman then requested all class 
secretaries to meet at Ithaca early in the year with a view 
to perfecting an organization of all classes. On January 
21, 1905, in response to this call, a meeting was held in 
Ithaca which was well attended. The advisability of ar- 
ranging for a permanent Association of Class Secretaries was 
thoroughly discussed. A Committee was appointed to pre- 
pare a definite plan for such an Association to be submitted 



An Historical Sketch 19 

at the next meeting in Ithaca in the following June. This 
committee was constituted as follows: 

Henry P. de Forest, '84 James H. Gould, '00 

William F. Atkinson, '95 William J. Norton '02 

At the next meeting held June 20, 1905, at Barnes Hall 
in Ithaca, Class Secretaries were present from the classes of 
'70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '78, '79, '80, '81, '85, '86, '88, '89, '90, 
'91, '92, '94, '95, '99, '00, '01, '02, '04, and letters were received 
and read from the classes of '69, '82, '84, '93 and '03. The 
report of the committee appointed in January was received and 
thoroughly considered. The constitution which they had 
prepared was submitted and adopted, and the Cornell Asso- 
ciation of Class Secretaries was finally organized. The fol- 
lowing officers were then elected for the ensuing year: 

William F. Atkinson, '95, President, Edward L. Nichols, 
'75, Vice-President, Charles D. Bostwick, '92, Treasurer, 
William J. Norton, '02, Secretary. 

Executive Committee 
William J. Norton, '02 William F. Atkinson, '95 

Chairman Ex officio 

Franklin Matthews, '83 Henry P. de Forest, '84 

Porter R. Lee, '03 

At this time, in 1905, the Class Secretaries were as follows: 

Morris L. Buchwalter, '69 Cincinnati, Ohio 

*Samuel D. Halliday, '70 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Robert G. H. Speed, '71 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Charles L. Crandall, '72 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Edwin Gillette, '73 Ithaca, N. Y. 

John H. Comstock, '74 Ithaca, N. Y, 

Edward L. Nichols, '75 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Eugene Frayer, '76 New York City 

Charles B. Mandeville, '77 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Robert H. Treman, '78 Ithaca, N. Y. 

♦Walter C. Kerr, '79 New York City 

Frank Irvine, '80 Ithaca, N. Y. 

George L. Burr, '81 Ithaca, N. Y. 

Norton T. Horr, '82 Cleveland, Ohio 

Franklin Matthews, '83 New York City 

*Deceased 



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Class Secretaries and Their Duties 



Henry P. de Forest, '84 
Robert J. Eidlitz, '85 
Algernon S. Norton, '86 
Veranus A. Moore, '87 
Willard W. Rowlee, '88 
Henry N. Ogden, '89 
Charles J. Miller, '90 
Willard Austen, '91 
Charles D. Bostwick, '92 
Clark S. Northup, '93 
Elmer E. Bogart, '94 
William F. Atkinson, '95 
Carl S. Tompkins, '96 
Jervis Langdon, '97 
Jesse Fuller, Jr., '98 
Norman J. Gould, '99 
George H. Young, '00 
John S. Gay, '01 
William J. Norton, '02 
Porter R. Lee, '03 
Cecil J. Swan, '04 
Harold J. Richardson, '05 



New York City 
New York City 
New York City 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Newfane, N. Y. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
New York City 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Albany, N. Y. 
Elmira, N. Y. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
Williamsport, Pa. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
New York City 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
New York City 
Lowville, N. Y. 



Medical College 
William J. Jones, '99 New York City 

These, then, may be regarded as the charter members of 
the Association, 

PLAN OF WORK 

From the outset, it was apparent that certain subjects 
were in need of immediate attention, while other topics of 
lesser importance could well be deferred until a later period. 
An investigation was begun on the following topics: 

1. A Grand Reunion to be held by all classes once in ten 
years. 

2. Fraternity Houses to be thrown open to Alumni during 
Senior Week. 

3. Publicity of Class Records. 

4. Arrangements for keeping records of Medical College 
graduates. 



An Historical Sketch 21 

5. Arrangements for keeping records of women graduates. 

6. Uniform size for all class publications. 

7. Determination of the Class to which each person 
belongs. 

8. Records of Post-Graduate students. 

WORK ACCOMPLISHED 

The Association at once began its work. Uniform blanks 
were prepared, and a standard size was adopted at the first 
meeting; a white blank was used to indicate a graduate 
student, and a blue one for non-graduates. Now for the first 
time an effort was made to secure, through the medium of each 
Class Secretary, a biographical sketch of every person, grad- 
uate or non-graduate, who had registered in the University. 
Within a year records were procured from a very large pro- 
portion of all Cornellians. Unfortunately, nearly forty years 
had elapsed since the University was opened, many deaths 
had occurred, many addresses had been lost, and our records 
are still far from being complete. This work, however, has 
steadily progressed, and it has now become the custom to 
elect a Life Secretary during the senior year. Still more re- 
cently an Assistant Life Secretary has been elected from the 
women of each class. Blanks are issued to each member of 
the senior class about the middle of the year, and by com- 
mencement time, records have been secured from practically 
every person in the graduating class. As a result, each suc- 
ceeding class, though larger in size than its predecessor, has 
a much higher percentage of records on file than the earlier 
classes in which no such systematic attempt was made. 

The value of this preliminary work was soon apparent. 
By the fall of 1906, it had been definitely decided to hold a 
general reunion of all classes to celebrate the Fortieth Anniver- 
sary of the opening of the University. The class records proved 
to be of great assistance in supplementing the University 
records. The result of this combined effort was that each 
Cornellian, almost without exception, received information 
concerning the reunion, and a permanent basis was laid for 
work of a similar character in future years. 



22 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

GENERAL REUNION OF 1908 
The general reunion held in 1908 showed results of the 
combined efforts of the Class Secretaries. The arrangement 
of the class tents upon the campus was an excellent one, al- 
though the unfinished condition of the Playground, and the 
necessity of holding part of the exercises on Percy Field, rather 
than on the campus, prevented the arrangement from being 
as satisfactory as it will be on similar occasions in the future. 

FRATERNITY HOUSES 
IN COMMENCEMENT WEEK 
The question of opening the fraternity houses to the 
Alumni during the senior week rather than to the friends of 
the graduating class was next considered. Much time has 
been devoted to this question, and while certain facts seem to 
be clearly manifest, the ultimate solution of the problem still 
lies in the future. It is to be hoped that some plan can be 
adopted which will be equally fair to the fraternity members 
of the graduating class, who naturally wish that "Senior 
Week" be practically devoted to Senior festivities, and to the 
large number of Alumni who naturally desire to return to their 
Alma Mater at commencement time to see the University at 
its best, to attend class reunions, and to renew fraternity ties. 

MEDICAL COLLEGE 

In the Cornell Medical College, an effort has been made to 
foster loyalty to Cornell in the institution located in New 
York City. Graduates of the Medical College have been 
made eligible to membership in the Cornell Club, and every 
effort has been made, through the medium of the Class Sec- 
retaries, to encourage cooperation between the two depart- 
ments of the University. Graduates of the Medical Depart- 
ment, owing to the small number in each class, have but two 
representatives in the Association of Class Secretaries. As 
these representatives, rarely, if ever, go to Ithaca, the union 
at the present time is more theoretical than real. 

CLASS AFFILIATIONS 

It has been felt from the beginning that each Cornellian 
should have a certain definite affiliation with some one class in 



An Historical Sketch 23 

the University. It is not an infrequent occurrence that stu- 
dents stay out a year or two, and then return and finish their 
course. Other Cornellians may take two degrees in the 
University, and in addition to this, the number of graduate 
students coming from sister universities is steadily increasing. 
Still others less fortunate, drop from one class to a succeeding 
class. In view of the conflicting ties in these various groups 
of individuals, it has seemed best to the Association that each 
person should definitely decide to which class organization 
he prefers to belong. Duplication of work on the part of 
Class Secretaries is thus avoided. 

THE CORNELLIAN COUNCIL 

All Cornellians have long recognized the fact that the 
financial needs of the University should be given more consid- 
eration by the Alumni. Many informal discussions had been 
held by various groups of men as to the best plan to system- 
atically secure a general alumni fund. Finally on October 
23, 1908, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Asso- 
ciation of Class Secretaries, and as many other Class Secre- 
taries as were available in the Metropolitan district, was held 
in the Engineers' Club in New York City. A project of organ- 
izing another group of Cornell class representatives was there 
for the first time definitely formulated. A plan was prepared 
to present at a subsequent meeting of Cornell representatives. 
To quote from a letter written the following day by one of the 
Class Secretaries, "when I left the Club the other evening, it 
was with the feeling that one of the most important meetings in 
the history of the Cornell Alumni had been held, and one that 
bade fair to result in far reaching and beneficial activities." 

A meeting was called by the General Alumni Association 
at Ithaca on the 7th of November, 1908. It was attended by 
representatives of the Class Secretaries, Faculty, and the 
Trustees of the University. The suggestions made at the 
October meeting were definitely acted upon, and the Cornell 
Council was established. A cordial cooperation of our Asso- 
ciation with the Council is, of course, necessary. It is not 
considered good policy to have the secretary of the class also 
a member of the Cornell Council for the work of each organiza- 
tion should supplement that of the other, and both should aid 



24 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

the General Alumni Association. The work of the Cornell 
Council is becoming each year more and more important. 
There is little doubt that, in the future, it will be one of the 
most important factors in the growth and material prosperity 
of the University. 

Such, then, is the outline, briefly stated, of the develop- 
ment, growth and work of the Association of Class Secreta- 
ries. The number of its members is increasing each year, the 
needs of each succeeding class make greater demands upon the 
time, strength and activity of its Secretary. Leaving the 
question of sentiment aside, the office of Life Secretary is the 
most important one which the Senior class is called upon to fill. 
Upon his efforts, far more than upon those of the Senior 
President, himself, depends the ultimate harmony and effi- 
ciency of the class organization. He becomes ex officio a 
member of the Association of Class Secretaries, and an im- 
portant factor in all University development. Every efi"ort, 
therefore, should be made to elect the most efficient person 
possible for this position, and if, by the time of the first class 
reunion, it becomes evident that the Secretary was made and 
not born, he should be replaced at once by some one more 
capable. 

We have reached the stage now when the duties of a Class 
Secretary should be clearly defined, not merely by tradition, 
but by definitely printed instructions, which should be fol- 
lowed as closely as possible. The "Handbook for Class 
Secretaries," issued by the Yale Association of Class Secre- 
taries, is a model of its kind. A similar book is already in 
process of preparation, modified and adapted to suit the needs 
of Cornell. 

Our honored friend and former President, Andrew D. 
White, who has just celebrated his eightieth birthday, and has 
literally received felicitations from the four quarters of the 
globe, is still young in spirit, though ripe in years. He has 
kindly consented to prepare the introduction to this work. 
No better evidence could be offered as to its importance and 
value. It will appear during the current University year, 
and we hope that it will be another link in the chain of loyalty, 
efficiency, and devotion to our Alma Mater. 

150 West 47th Street, New York City 



THE CLASS SECRETARY'S MISSION* 

By Frederick J. Shepard 

Secretary, Class of 1873, Yale University 

FOR years some of the younger members of the Asso- 
ciation of Class Secretaries have thought they perceived 
the need of a sort of manual to assist new Secretaries in 
their work. They have maintained that novices desired the 
advice of their elders as to the material to be included in 
Class reports and the manner in which they should handle 
it. The writer has been asked to contribute to such a manual 
some suggestions on these points, chiefly on the assumption 
that somebody ought to do it and it might as well be he as 
anybody else, and also, possibly, because he had prepared a 
considerable number of reports of his own Class and had read 
with avidity as many of those of other Classes as he could 
lay his hands upon. He starts out with the distinct under- 
standing that he is expressing only his own opinions, to 
which no more deference is to be paid than they may be 
worth per se. On some matters he may express the general 
consensus among his brethren of the Association of Class 
Secretaries; on others he may be entirely without support 
from any of them; on none does he speak with any authority 
save such as the good sense of the younger Secretaries may 
concede after full consideration of what he has to offer. 

To begin with, a new Class Secretary should undertake 
his duties with a certain degree of seriousness. They are 
of far more import than he probably conceives. It is the 
glory of American universities — at least of such as are not 
sustained by public taxation — that their success, not to say 
their very existence, depends upon the support of their 
alumni. European visitors, however grudging their praise 
of American educational institutions, as regards methods 
and products, and however little respect they show for the 
learning of American professors and the earnestness of 
American students, are enthusiastic at least over the relation 
of the Alumni to their Alma Mater. No such devotion of 

*Printed by permission from the Yale "Handbook for Class Secretaries," 1910. 

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26 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

sons to the welfare of their academic mother seems to be known 
abroad. But the loyalty of the alumni depends more upon 
the fidelity to their work of the Class Secretaries than upon 
anything else. It is the Class Secretaries who keep the men 
in touch with each other and with the University, who main- 
tain the Class solidarity, who bring their classmates together 
at the stated reunions, and who preserve the old Class ideals 
with which the boys started out upon their Commencement 
day. Truly, like that long distance runner whose task it was 
to relight from Delphi the Athenian altars, they carry sacred 
fire. The faithful Class Secretary has a right to rank himself 
among the men who build dormitories and endow professional 
chairs; and, on the other hand, if a Class is noticeably lacking 
in loyal support of the University, it is fair to ask if its Secre- 
tary is not neglecting his office or doing his work half-heartedly 
and to wonder why he does not turn it over to more efficient 
hands. 

It is true that the Class ought to select the right man for 
Secretary to begin with, and the right man is born, not made. 
Besides possessing the qualities of loyalty and persistence, he 
ought to have a genius for pothering, a passion for exact- 
ness, an antiquarian's zeal for details, and enough of a poet's 
imagination to know what people will be interested in read- 
ing. Furthermore, the writer does not think that the Sec- 
retary ought to come from the group that at least used to 
be styled in college parlance "literary men," or that as a 
rule he ought to live in New Haven. He believes that — 
in spite of some admirable exceptions — the alumnus who 
sleeps within sound of the chapel bell and has an ear open 
to college gossip is apt to lose some of his class enthusiasm, 
and that too keen a literary taste will sacrifice hard fact to a 
notion of what is becoming. And yet half a dozen of the right 
kind of men can be found in any Class, if only they are not 
looked for necessarily among the leaders. 

The one great consideration ever to be held in mind by 
the new Class Secretary is that he has two distinct constit- 
uencies. Like the newspaper writer, he is preparing matter 
for immediate consumption by a select group of readers, 
his classmates; like the devoted biographer or the hopeful 
local historian, he is laying up a story of otherwise lost infor- 



The Class Secretary'' s Mission 27 

mation for future generations. The nicknames, the touches 
of humor, the allusions to incidents familiar only to the 
Class are all right. They save the narrative from deadly 
dullness and sometimes touch hearts that were growing 
callous to old memories. But the genealogical details, the 
relationship of families, the exactness as regards dates and 
places, the bibliographies, and many of the material facts 
are for the outside reader in coming years. One can easily 
imagine a future historian studying with great care every 
word in the excellent Records of the Class of 1878 that in 
any way relates to its most distinguished member, and what 
would we not give for a gossipy and minute account of the 
ways of Yale in the days when Nathan Hale was one of 
her leading athletes ! While few Classes graduate men 
whose names become household words like those of the 
two just referred to, hardly any Class is without some who 
leave a mark upon the history of their country, but even if 
this were not the case, a properly prepared Class history would 
be of value to future students of society, if only for the light 
it shed upon its time. For proof of this, glance at the ad- 
mirable histories of early graduates compiled by Professor 
Dexter of Yale, in which the sketches of men now long for- 
gotten are quite as interesting as those of the still famous 
figures. Indeed, the bibliographies of the obscure pamphle- 
teers are perhaps at the present day the most valuable portions 
of that excellent work to students of literature and history. 
And while on the subject, it may be added that these books 
are earnestly recommended to the study of Class Secretaries 
not only as models upon which to base their own work but as 
illustrations of the value of that work to Professor Dexter's 
successors in carrying on the fame of Yale's sons. The 
frankness with which demerit as well as merit is depicted may 
perhaps be the despair of the present day Class Secretary, but 
it will at any rate arouse his heartiest admiration. 

When the writer published his chief Class Record — that 
for the twenty-fifth anniversary — he included ancestry and 
ancestral occupations, when he could get the facts, back 
to the original settler and even further, not only as a boon 
to persons interested in genealogy — not nearly so objection- 
able people as is sometimes imagined — but also to enable 



28 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

future historical students to judge concerning the social 
position of families who sent their sons to college in the 
early 'Seventies. For one thing, this information may have 
had some value in illustrating the sudden change from agri- 
cultural to mercantile and other less strenuous occupations 
in the first third of the nineteenth century among families 
long established in this country. Likewise exactness in dates 
has proved serviceable to insurance statisticians in making 
mortality tables for college-bred men. There lies, however, 
a special interest in the genealogy of Yale men in the fact that 
the same families have been represented at the university to 
a greater or less degree ever since the famous Jacob Hemin- 
way received his sheepskin. The Goodrich and Russell 
families have sent to New Haven six generations in a direct 
line, and the Davenport, Ingersoll, and Silliman families 
similarly have five generations to their credit, while many 
other cases could be cited if we did not confine ourselves to the 
direct line of father, son, grandson, etc. To some extent the 
Yale alumni form a "brotherhood" in a double sense, so many 
of them are bound together by ties of blood, which adds force 
to the obligation of Class Secretaries to give the names and 
Classes of the Yale kindred of the men whose stories they are 
telling. But to say of one of them that he was preceded at 
Yale by many kinsmen is worse than a waste of space. If 
the definite information cannot be given it were better to omit 
the reference altogether. 

A part of the personal sketch which will prove of almost 
equal interest to its subject, to his classmates, and to outside 
readers is that covering his college career. No words are 
necessary to describe the eagerness with which he and those 
who were associated with him in college will read of his 
scholastic, athletic, and social successes, while outsiders 
will be curious to compare what he accomplished in youth 
with his after life. There is a never-failing field for dis- 
cussion, for instance, in the careers of the men who attain 
the honors of a senior society. It is the opinion of the writer 
that the great majority of the men who are leaders in their 
student days "make good" later, but the rule is subject 
to so many and such extraordinary exceptions as to provide 
a most interesting topic for speculation, and your biographer 



The Class Secretary's Mission 29 

of a college graduate rarely fails to give it some considera- 
tion. One of these days some person of a statistical turn 
of mind and much leisure may be expected to go through 
"Who's Who in America" counting up the Yale men who 
enjoyed the privilege of wearing senior society pins — and 
reaching as the result of his investigations just about the 
conclusion which he had already formed in his own mind 
before he set out upon them. 

Three fourths of a Secretary's labor ought to be pure 
pleasure. The reason that any part of it becomes irksome 
and even worse is that a certain proportion of his classmates 
will fail to respond to his communications. In a good many 
cases the cause is simply indolence or carelessness, and the 
recalcitrants can be prodded into action sooner or later, 
but there will inevitably remain a few immovable by exhor- 
tation, entreaty or threat. Here lies a field for the exercise 
of the Secretary's ingenuity. Of course, the first recourse 
is to other members of the Class or to other Yale men who 
may be supposed to know something about the irresponsive 
one, and it may be said that an appeal in the name of the 
college to a stranger who happens once to have been a stu- 
dent at Yale, be he a judge of the United States Supreme 
Court or a clerk in a country grocery, rarely or never fails 
to secure such information as is within the reach of the 
person addressed, A knowledge of Yale family connec- 
tions is sometimes convenient in such cases, though it may 
happen that relatives will prove reluctant about shedding 
such light as is at their command. There remains the 
postmaster at the last known residence, and he, being a 
politician, is usually disposed to be accommodating, possible 
postal regulations to the contrary notwithstanding. In one 
instance some important facts were brought to light by 
appealing through a member of Congress to the Secretary 
of War, and in another, the Police Department of New York 
undertook to make certain investigations, though candor 
compels the confession that they produced no results. These 
illustrations are cited to suggest the wide variety of expe- 
dients at command, and also as a warning of the difficulties 
that encompass the Secretary who permits his men to get 
away from him. It is this danger that causes the present 



30 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

writer to look askance at the plan of postponing the issue 
of the first Class Record until five years after graduation; 
he fears that the Secretary who is not compelled to keep in 
touch with his classmates during the first three years will not 
be able to reestablish communication with them two years 
later. 

The only apparent objection to the use of a carefully 
prepared blank form, to be filled out by each member of 
the Class, is the danger that the Secretary will follow it 
too slavishly in writing out his sketches, giving these a 
stereotyped form suggestive of a catalogue. This danger 
can be guarded against in a degree by encouraging the men 
to write out the sketches themselves pretty nearly as they 
are to be printed, the Secretary adding anything within his 
knowledge that ought to be printed, for they are sure in 
many cases to omit the most interesting things. A fear on 
the part of the men that they may be accused of blowing 
their own horns is one of the great difficulties with which 
every Secretary has to contend, and he gets out of all patience 
with the rather strained modesty apparent in the communi- 
cations which reach him. Between the resulting paucity 
of material and the stiffly formal shape in which he receives 
most of it the Secretary necessarily finds it difficult to enliven 
his sketches, but the use of the blank form is probably una- 
voidable in these days of large Classes. The writer has 
wondered it if would not be possible for a Secretary to divide 
up his work of writing the biographical sketches among three 
or four assistant Secretaries, reserving for himself their 
ultimate revision. He could thus secure all the uniformity 
desirable with some touch of the desired variety, besides 
greatly lightening his own labors. But this is a matter which 
must be worked out by the men concerned. 

The writer has followed the practice of preparing his 
manuscript in duplicate or even triplicate and sending one 
copy of each man's history to him for revision and correction. 
It has saved him from some errors, in one case from the catas- 
trophe of enrolling as a senior society man a now distin- 
guished gentleman who did not achieve that eminence, and 
in another instance it enabled him triumphantly to refute 
an accusation of having printed something that he had been 



The Class Secretary's Mission 3 i 

requested not to print. On the other hand, when the copy 
is submitted to its subject he is almost sure to strike out any- 
thing of a piquant and lively nature he may have originally 
written, thus reducing to dishwater what may have been 
before a refreshing oasis of humor in a desert of dry fact, and 
this in spite of the Secretary's plea that revision should be con- 
fined to the elimination of actual error. Here truly the un- 
fortunate Secretary is between the devil and the deep sea. 

The delicate question remains of the frankness with 
which the Secretary should deal out his facts. The argu- 
ment is all on one side, and probably every conscientious 
Secretary has wished heartily that he were allowed to tell 
the truth and the whole truth. He knows that whatever is 
glossed over or omitted from his Record is an injury to 
its permanent and even to its present value, for if he ignores 
an infelicity in the career of one man he arouses suspicion — 
or at least offers opportunity therefor — in the case of every 
other. And yet every Secretary doubtless has felt obliged 
to make certain concessions to the feelings of classmates or of 
the friends of classmates. There is certainly no excuse for 
any attempt to convey misapprehension, and there probably 
never is anything of the sort, the worst offense being only one 
of omission; but sometimes the omission is so glaring as to 
make the biographical sketch almost ridiculous to those who 
are familiar with the facts and even to call the attention of 
the reader to things that are within common knowledge but 
are omitted here. The Secretary is put on occasion in a pain- 
ful case, and perhaps the best he can do is to express himself 
guardedly but in such a manner that the actual facts can be 
read between the lines, if he cannot bring himself openly to 
state them. At the very worst, he can at least indicate that 
there is something left unsaid, and so preserve his own repu- 
tation for integrity. 

The subject of collecting and arranging Class statistics 
should properly be left to some Secretary, who especially 
esteems this department of the work and has thought much 
about it. The most essential feature seems to be some ap- 
proach to uniformity. In following a regular order of de- 
partments, in the universal use of the star to indicate deaths, 
etc., there would be no obstacle to the introduction of new 



32 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

features and no inhibition on liveliness of treatment. Finally, 
the writer believes that the true way to make Class Records 
interesting is to be sought in fullness of detail; that while 
mere verbiage can be advantageously cut out, the more facts 
recorded in a classmate's career and the more amply and clearly 
they are treated, within reasonable grounds, of course, the 
more appreciation will reward the Secretary's labors, and, 
what is much more important, the greater will be their per- 
manent value. 

17 Pearl Place, Buffalo, N. Y. 




CLASS ORGANIZATION 



THE Class Secretary is the executive officer of the class 
and attends to whatever routine business may arise. In 
recent years it has been the custom to elect a Life Secretary 
during the Senior year. He should continue the work begun 
during the undergraduate life of the class. There is a very 
natural tendency to elect a man as Class Secretary because he 
is "a good fellow," and his classmates desire to pay him a high 
compliment, sometimes forgetting that the position requires 
peculiar qualifications and tastes. The election of a Life 
Secretary, however, should be definitely understood to be an 
election "during good behavior" for several classes have found 
that the Secretary elected during Senior year has been weighed 
in the balance and found wanting at the time of the first 
reunion. The plan followed in some classes of electing a 
Secretary merely from reunion to reunion has certain draw- 
backs. It is undoubtedly true that a man will throw himself 
more heartily into his work if there is not held before him the 
possibility of being turned out of office after a brief term. If, 
however, he proves to be a failure as a Class Secretary, the 
Executive Committee of the Class Secretaries Association, 
after repeated failures on the part of a Secretary to properly 
represent his class at their stated meetings, is authorized 
to communicate with the Senior President of the Class and 
request that a new Class Secretary be appointed to hold office 
until the next reunion of the class when a new Life Secretary 
can be elected by his classmates. This plan may seem rather 
drastic to those who have not had the opportunity of observing 
the bad results which occur when a Class Secretary neglects 
his duties. This Association is essentially a representative 
body, and it is imperative for the good of the Association and 
for the University, that each class have an active and efficient 
representative. 

It seems obvious that there should be in each class some 
group with power to act for the class during the periods be- 
tween reunions, for example, such a body could appoint an 

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34 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

acting Secretary in case of the death, incapacity or resignation 
of the Class Secretary. With an efficient Secretary they could 
assist him in many ways in the carrying on of his work, particu- 
larly if they are chosen from various parts of the country. 
It seems desirable for this reason that a permanent Class 
Committee of three or five members should be elected during 
the Senior year, or else as some classes prefer, the Reunion 
Committee which should be elected during the Senior year 
and at each reunion thereafter, should be constituted an 
Executive Committee for the class for the term between its 
election and the reunion for which it has to make arrange- 
ments. 

It is the custom at Cornell for the Senior President also 
to hold office indefinitely, but this custom, too, has its dis- 
advantages. It not infrequently happens that a Senior 
President may be a teacher by profession, and the conflict of 
his school duties at the end of the year with the more pleasant, 
but less remunerative reunion festivities of his class, has pre- 
vented the Senior President in many instances from ever being 
present at his own class reunion. To obviate this difficulty, 
the custom has arisen in some classes of electing at each five 
year reunion an Honorary President from among those mem- 
bers present. It is usually possible to select a man for this 
position who by reason of his occupation and control of his 
own time may reasonably be expected to be present at the 
next reunion. Both he and the Senior President should be 
ex officio members of the Reunion Committee. The Honorary 
President should hold office until the next reunion, and should 
preside at that affair. Many classes have adopted the custom 
of having the Class Secretary, who should be most familiar 
with his classmates, act as Toast-master at the reunion 
banquet. 

The class finances, always an important consideration, 
might well be placed in charge of this Executive Committee 
rather than be imposed as an additional burden upon the 
Secretary. On this point the following procedure is suggested 
tentatively although perhaps it is not free from objection. 

Recent classes have provided during their Senior year for a 
class fund, but in the older classes where such a fund was not 
created during the undergraduate days, it is well to create a 



Class Organization 35 

fund, the interest of which should be used for class purposes. 
This class fund once started and invested, the Committee could 
appoint some one of their number to act as Class Treasurer. 
A business man rather than a professional man should be 
elected to this position. Every member of the class should 
then be invited and urged to contribute to this fund a certain 
amount each year according to his means. In several classes 
the plan has been pursued of asking an annual contribution of 
^4.00 a year from each graduate. Non-graduate members of 
the class are asked to contribute annually on the basis of one 
dollar for each year that they were in the University, one, two 
or three dollars as the case may be. In some instances, of 
course, some men are amply able to contribute more than this 
minimum, but as postage, printing and publication of class 
records are expenses of the class as a whole, each member of 
the class, if the facts are properly presented, will be very glad 
to contribute a small sum each year whether he is able to be 
present at the reunion or not. 

The actual expenses of the reunion festivities, banquet, 
music and other entertainment, should properly be divided 
among those who are actually present. If the class fund 
accumulates between reunions, the interest should be used to 
help defray the expense of such reunions and the publication 
of successive records. As the class grows smaller the income 
from class subscriptions may diminish. Upon the death of 
the last surviving member of the class, or the termination of 
its organization, any balance on hand might properly be turned 
over to the University. 

The following card which was sent to each member of one 
of the smallest classes in the history of the University, with 
a circular letter, explaining the need for such contributions, 
was productive of excellent results, and once a year a formal 
bill is sent by the Class Secretary to each of his classmates 
for the annual amount subscribed. This soon becomes a 
matter of routine, and the expenses of the class are easily met. 
An average of ^2.00 a year from each class member can 
easily be secured if the facts are properly presented. 

While class reunions at Ithaca are, of course, the great 
center of attraction and bring more members of the class 
together than any other social function, there are many possi- 



36 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 



On or before January the first of each year I promise to pay to 
Henry *?. de Forest, Life Secretary of the Class of 1884 

the sum of $ toward a Class Fund for the purpose of meeting 

preliminary Reunion Expenses and other expenses of the Secretary. 



Name 

Address 



Date 190 



o 



bilitles for class sociability which add much toward the fos- 
tering of class interests. For instance, at the annual dinner 
of the Cornell Club in New York, it is an excellent custom for 
each Secretary to circularize his classmates, calling attention 
to the dinner, and stating that a special class table will be 
reserved for those who can attend. A small class flag is 
easily secured which will make the table a focus for class 
members. The Dinner Committee is always glad to co- 
operate with the Secretary in this matter, and frequently in 
the Metropolitan district, a miniature class reunion can easily 
be arranged. If the Annual Cornell Dinner were definitely 
fixed on the Friday night nearest Lincoln's Birthday, or some 
other definite date, and it was known months in advance that 
the dinner would be held each year at such a time, this cooper- 
ative plan would greatly increase the attendance at the dinner. 
An opportunity is thus given for a general discussion in a 
small way of class affairs and plans can be made for the reunion 
at Ithaca. This circular letter should be sent to each member 
of the class whether there is any probability of their attending 
the dinner or not. In it should be enclosed a reply catalog- 
size postal card, directed to the Secretary, asking for the name. 



Class Organization 37 

the home address, and the business address of each member of 
the class, together with a "yes" or "no" required with reference 
to dinner arrangements. In this way the class mailing list 
is easily corrected and kept up to date without the necessity 
of extra work. 

The custom of sending out some form of a Christmas re- 
membrance to each member of the class has been followed by 
some of the Secretaries with excellent results. This Christmas 
greeting need not be elaborate, a simple card or Cornell 
souvenir of some kind, or even a bit of nonsense which will 
serve to remind the class that they are still a class, will do 
much to strengthen the class ties. 

At Commencement time, the custom of all visitors at 
Ithaca to register by classes is an excellent one, and if the plan 
suggested elsewhere in this book is followed, it will be possible 
in the future always to have a small class reunion for all 
classes each year, and a definite five-year reunion each year 
to which all Cornellians will be heartily welcome. 

Events of this kind which bring the men together, interest 
them, tend to strengthen the class ties, and are of great value, 
and a Class Secretary finds plenty of scope for his ingenuity 
and energy in suggesting and arranging them. 




CLASS RECORDS AND THEIR 
CONTENTS 



THE duties of the Secretary of any organization are in 
general well understood and carefully defined, but a Class 
Secretary, undergraduate or alumnus, soon finds that the mere 
record of the proceedings at a meeting of his class is relatively 
unimportant. His real duty combines the duties of a statisti- 
cian, a recorder, a secretary and an historian. His most im- 
portant work consists in the gathering and preservation of the 
records of each member of his class in such a form that it 
really is a concise biography of each person who may properly 
be regarded as an integral unit of the class organization. The 
family history of each member of the class should be secured; 
a more or less detailed record of his undergraduate life should 
be made, and after graduation, his subsequent career must be 
followed in greater or less detail. The value of this work to 
Cornell University can hardly be over-estimated for upon 
these records ultimately are based all of the creative work of 
the Cornellian Council and of the Associate Alumni. The 
work of the Class Secretary forms the connecting link which 
unites the undergraduate body and the University as a whole 
with former Cornellians throughout the world. The preser- 
vation and periodic publication of the records of his class con- 
stitute the Secretary's most permanent and valuable work. 
When published they become of value to future biographers 
and historians. The efficiency and durability of class or- 
ganization depends almost entirely upon the work of the Sec- 
retary, and nothing will do more to strengthen the ties which 
bind each graduate to his Alma Mater than the assurance that 
the class to which he belonged during his college years is still 
a living force connecting him through its organization with 
other classes, and with the University as a whole. 

When a Class Secretary is first elected he is frequently per- 
plexed as to the nature of his duties and the manner in which 
they can best be performed. It is apparent from the work of 
the Association of Class Secretaries during the past eight 

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Class Records and Their Contents 39 

years that some general plan of procedure should be formulated 
which will tend to secure a general uniformity of the work; 
prevent the omission of certain facts which are of statistical 
value for the University records and so standardize our work 
in certain details as to make the routine work of each Class 
Secretary as easy as possible. The classes are now so large 
that while no Secretary need become alarmed at the magnitude 
of his task or fearful lest he may be unable to attend to the 
various details of administration involved, he should be able 
from the outset to profit by the mistakes and successes of 
other Class Secretaries, and should have a certain amount of 
assistance which will enable him to do his work with the least 
amount of effort and in the most effective manner. 

The following pages are intended to offer some suggestions 
to the beginner in this field of work. They have been drawn 
from the experience and thought of many Class Secretaries in 
our own University and in sister institutions. They are not 
intended to destroy individuality, but rather to form a sub- 
stantial foundation upon which each Secretary may build an 
edifice as simple or elaborate as he pleases. 

The fact that a man has actually received a diploma from 
the University at the end of a regular four years' course by no 
means guarantees that he will therefore continue to be an en- 
thusiastic and loyal supporter of his Alma Mater. It is com- 
mon knowledge in all classes that some of the best friends which 
Cornell now has are found among those who because of sick- 
ness, financial troubles, or even a lack of appreciation on the 
part of the Faculty, were obliged to leave the University before 
graduation. For this reason it is apparent that class records 
should be started during the Freshman year, and to accom- 
plish this the cordial cooperation with the University authori- 
ties is most desirable. 

The first record should be made by the University at the 
first registration of each student. A card should then be 
filled out on which are recorded certain facts which are ex- 
tremely difficult to secure after the student leaves the Uni- 
versity. These cards of the standard 5x8 size, should record 
the following facts: 

The name in full of each student; the place and exact date 
of birth, and his home address. The full name of the student's 



40 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

father; the maiden name of his mother; where and when each 
was born, and the place and date of their marriage. If either 
parent is dead, the place and date of death should be recorded. 
The occupation of the father and his class affiliations are of 
interest. If the man can be persuaded to supply his ancestral 
tree back for several generations, so much the better, and so 
much more valuable become these records. Genealogical data 
sometimes seem dull but are really of great importance, not 
only to the University, but to the students of sociology and to 
statisticians. They have the advantage of being unchange- 
able, and once acquired, never have to be brought up to date. 
The importance of this last named group of facts can scarcely 
be over-estimated. 

This card of the Freshman year should also contain the 
name of the school where the student prepared for college, 
its location and the name of its principal. 

In addition to the name and address of the father or mother, 
there should also be recorded the full name and address of some 
relative or friend who may habitually be expected to know the 
student's address. 

The date of entrance to the University and the course of 
study should be recorded. 

The future Secretary will find these facts of the greatest 
possible value. Each Life Secretary at the present time is 
called upon to communicate with students whom he has never 
seen, who perhaps left college two or three years before, and 
whose whereabouts can only be ascertained as a result of cor- 
respondence, not through the University, but through the Post- 
master of the town where the student lived, the principal of 
his preparatory school, or some school boy friend. A large 
number of the gaps in the mailing list of this and other insti- 
tutions are due to the fact that no such information was 
recorded at the time when it could be most easily secured. 

If this plan be followed these basic University records 
would be complete at all times for all of the students of any 
given class and when the election of Freshman officers takes 
place, the Class Secretary should have associated with him, 
either by appointment, or by election, a certain number of 
Assistant Secretaries on the basis of one assistant for each one 
hundred members of the class. To each assistant should be 



o 



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Class Records and Their Contents 43 

assigned the duty of preparing on a suitable blank, uniform in 
size with those now used by the Association of Class Secre- 
taries, the class records of any members of the class assigned 
to him. The division could easily be made upon an alphabet- 
ical basis and should be complete by the end of the Freshman 
year. All should then be arranged alphabetically and by the 
Class Secretary, and compared with the University records to 
secure a complete list of all members of the class. 

At the beginning of the Sophomore year the class has be- 
come more homogeneous, and better acquainted, but even at 
this time it is not possible for any one to know all of his class- 
mates. It might be wise, therefore, for the Class Secretary 
to appoint, or for the class to elect, an Assistant Secretary in 
each of the different colleges of the University, such as Agri- 
culture, Arts, Engineering, Law and Medicine. The Fresh- 
man records of such men as are left in the class should then be 
turned over to each Assistant Secretary by the Class Secretary, 
and it should be the duty of the Assistants to complete the 
records to the end of the Sophomore year. These should in- 
clude any material or interesting facts concerning the life of the 
student during his first two years at Cornell. His home ad- 
dress should be recorded, the name of his roommate, the 
Fraternity or Society to which he may belong, his athletic or 
literary records, or any similar facts which will make the 
biography an interesting and valuable one. If for any reason 
a student has left the University during this time, this should 
be recorded on his blank, and the date of his departure given. 

During the Junior year, a single Class Secretary with 
one woman as Assistant Secretary could probably look after 
the work, though a larger number of assistants could easily 
be provided if required. It might well be understood that 
the Assistant Secretary who during the Freshman and Sopho- 
more years had prepared the best records and therefore had 
shown his fitness for the task, should be the one selected for 
the Junior year. A certain amount of desirable competition 
would thus be secured which undoubtedly would add materially 
to the completeness and care with which the records were 
prepared. 

In the Senior year, the Life Secretary of the Class is elected, 
and for this position it is essential that a man be chosen who 



44 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

by his training and class record has shown a certain decided 
fitness for this important position. If the plan thus outlined 
has been carefully carried out, the Life Secretary would have 
available in his Senior year, an almost complete record of each 
member of his class and during the year it would be an easy 
task for him to supply the missing details through the medium 
of his classmates and thus make each record complete at the 
time of graduation. 

If a Senior Class book be published, as is the custom in 
many colleges and classes, these records would be of the 
greatest assistance in the editorial work of such a publication. 
This book should be an encyclopaedia of all matters relative 
to a given class during its undergraduate existence, and the 
subsequent work of the Life Secretary would be materially 
lightened. 

At the end of the Senior year the future address of each 
member of the class should be secured and a postal card di- 
rected to the Life Secretary should be issued to each member 
of the class shortly before Commencement with the request 
that it be filled out and forwarded to the Life Secretary six 
months after graduation. These cards should indicate the 
man's name, home address, business address, with the name 
and address of the firm by whom he is employed. For the 
convenience of the Secretary in filing, the size of the postal 
should be "K" size (12.5 X 7.5 cm.) used by the government. 
This is the size of the standard library cards now in general 
use in most card catalogs and libraries, and can thus be dropped 
in an alphabetical file without the necessity or recopying. 

Because of the fact that the number of women in the 
graduating class is now large, it has been the custom for several 
years past to elect a woman as Life Secretary for women. 
This custom might well be extended to the election of a Class 
Secretary for women during the Junior year. She should have 
charge of the records of all of the women who have been mem- 
bers of the class up to that time, and have them complete and 
in readiness to be turned over to the woman elected as Life 
Secretary. 

It is felt that each member should be asked at intervals, 
discussed later, to supply an account of what he has done year 
by year since graduation, his occupation, with any changes in 



Class Records and Their Contents 45 

it, his club, society, church and political affiliations, together 
with any and all literary achievements and public offices held. 
He should furnish the maiden name of his wife, her former 
residence and the names of her father and mother, her father's 
occupation and his college affiliations, if any, the place and 
date of the marriage and the full name, place and date of birth 
and of death of each child. The number of brothers and sis- 
ters of the member with their college affiliations, if any, and 
the names and dates of graduation of any and all Cornell 
relatives complete the formal and perhaps dry facts. 

But in addition to these, much human interest is added if a 
member is persuaded to write in his own words, say, in a letter 
to the Secretary, what particularly interests him, what his 
hobbies and avocations are, what he thinks of things as far as 
he has gone, and any similar matters which suggest them- 
selves. There are also many curious and interesting bits of 
family history possessed by members, handed down, it may be, 
from father to son and perhaps never committed to writing. 
Some Secretaries have succeeded in accumulating and pre- 
serving in this department many interesting anecdotes which 
otherwise might have been lost utterly. Some Secretaries 
have been of great service to the University by keeping track 
of the families of deceased members, an occasional Class 
Record or circular maintaining the interest of the survivors 
in Cornell and determining sons or younger brothers in their 
choice of a college. 

The methods of obtaining needed information are naturally 
infinite in number. A certain amount is gathered of course by 
direct application, and approved forms of blanks that are sug- 
gested for this purpose will be found at the end of the present 
booklet. But it always happens that some men are too 
modest or indifferent to assist a Secretary and then his in- 
genuity and resourcefulness have an opportunity to manifest 
themselves. Other classmates in a man's neighborhood will 
frequently supply missing data while the Secretary of the 
University, the Class Secretaries' Association, and the Cornell 
Council will give all possible aid. The Post Office Department 
is a valuable medium for unearthing long lost men and regis- 
tered letters frequently bring replies which have not been 
obtainable by other means. 



46 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

The method by which one Yale Secretary got into com- 
munication with a long lost classmate may be given as an 
illustration of how the following up of one clue after another 
is both interesting and profitable. The man in question, who 
may be called Smith, had not been heard from by any class- 
mate for twelve years and was supposed to be dead. The 
Secretary had a memorandum that he had married a woman 
in (let us say) Portland, Maine, the name of the bride and her 
father being given. A letter addressed to the father at Port- 
land was returned unopened by the Post Oifice Department. 
Then another classmate who lived in Portland was appealed 
to and he wrote that although he knew no one of the name in 
the city, he had found in an old directory that a woman bearing 
the maiden name of Smith's wife was practising medicine 
there at a street address which he gave. The Secretary at once 
wrote to her a cautious letter of inquiry, apologizing for the 
intrusion, but begging her to give him any information about 
Smith. Two months passed and then the Secretary received 
a very cordial note from Mrs. Smith in Philadelphia, where 
the Secretary's letter had been forwarded, saying that Smith's 
health had broken down five years before and that she be- 
lieved he was living in A. . . ., a town in a southern state. 

With this encouragement the Secretary addressed a letter 
to Smith at A. . . ., asking about him and his fortunes, but this 
letter was never answered. Then it occurred to the Secretary 
to consult the Directory of Living Graduates of Yale. It 
appeared from the Directory that only one Yale man was 
known to be living in the city of A. . . . but, as it happened, 
that one man was a classmate of an intimate friend of the 
Secretary. So, having obtained permission from the friend, 
the Secretary wrote the graduate referring to his classmate 
and asking if he knew anything of Smith. In due course came 
a cordial reply saying that he had found a man with exactly 
the same name as Smith running a small truck farm a few 
miles out of A. . . . and promising to write again when he had 
obtained more accurate news. 

The Secretary was puzzling his brains to know how to 
utilize this information when one day he chanced to pick up a 
magazine in which was an article upon a scheme of a philan- 
thropist to establish a colony of farmers for tilling the soil in 



Class Records and Their Contents 47 

some cooperative manner. The interesting feature was that 
the projector proposed for his purpose to purchase a large 
tract of land near A. . . . where, he said, many men had been 
very successful as truck farmers. Here was a hint. And 
acting upon it the Secretary wrote once more to Smith, re- 
ferring to the magazine article, saying he understood that he, 
Smith, was engaged in agriculture, expressing his own interest 
in farming, and asking how Smith was progressing. And 
that succeeded. For within a very short time there arrived a 
ten-page letter from the long lost one, who seemed only too 
glad to pour forth his trials into a sympathetic ear. And so 
after several months search communication was reestablished. 
Inasmuch as the custom of definitely securing statistics 
regarding all students at Cornell is a custom which has existed 
for but a few years, and in the earlier classes, save for the en- 
thusiasm of a few Secretaries, little was done and no two classes 
adopted the same plan of procedure, it is suggested that for 
those Secretaries who are trying to supply such errors of 
omission in their class history, the following form of letter be 
prepared on the standard stationery and sent to each class- 
mate whose early record is incomplete. This form does not 
purport to be exhausted. It covers only the essential facts, 
and although it may be added to, should not be abbreviated. 

FORM LETTER FOR THE CLASS FILES 
19 



(Date) 






I, 

(Sign your name here) 




, of the Class of , was 


born 

(Date of birth) 

of 


at 


. I am the son 
(Place of birth) 

and 



(Father's name in full with titles if any, e. g., Dr., Gen., etc.) 
(Mother's name (in full) before her marriage to your father) 

My father <. ^^ > a connected with 

(Father's occupation) 

the as 

(Name of father's firm, institution, or corporation) (State capacity in which 

he is connected) 

He was born in the year at 

(Place of birth) 



48 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

Tj /an ex-member \ c ^\. r^^ 1 f College 

He was < , ^ > of the Class of at < ^t • ^■ 

I a graduate J \ University 

and he has 

(State degrees received since graduation, offices held, or other biographical facts) 

My mother was a resident of before her 

(Name of town and state) 

marriage. She was born in the year at 

(Place of birth) 

J fan ex-member \ r ^-i r-\ c \ College 

and was < , ^ >of the Class of at < ^t • ^• 

I a graduate J I Universit 

The following relatives of mine have graduated at Cornell: 
j Give names and classes 
I and state rela 



iversity 



:d classes I 
tionship ( 



I prepared for college at entered 

(Name and location of preparatory schools, and 
of any previous college with degrees received) 

college in Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year, and left at gradu- 
ation. (Cross out three not used) 
(If a non-graduate give date of leaving) 

In college I 

(Give names of prizes, honors. Junior or Senior appointments, position on athletic 
or other teams and name of Societies, college papers, religious, literary or other organ- 
izations and offices held, in full.) 

My writings have consisted of 

(Give a detailed list of any publications which you have written, edited or contri- 
buted to, including books, magazines, pamphlets, etc., stating in each case (a) the date 
of appearance, (i) the title in full, (c) the name of the publisher, and {d) the place of 
publication, including, in the case of magazine articles, the volume and pages of each 
article.) 

I am a bachelor \ ^ ^ f Miss ) 

I was married on J t Mrs. J 

who is still living. 



(Date of marriage) (Place of marriage) (Name of wife before 

her marriage to you) 



(If dead, give date of death) 



She is the daughter of a 

of 



(Name and title, if any, of wife's father) (Present or former occupa- 
tion of wife's father) 



(Address of wife's father, if living, or his former residence if dead) 

cu„ ■„ / an ex-member 1 ...u r>i x ... r^ u 

bhe IS K J » X r the Class of at College 

I, a graduate of J ^ 

(Name of college) 

We have had children 

(Number of children) (Names of children with places 

and DATES of birth and death) 

(In the case of adult children give names of colleges they have attended, dates of 
leaving or of graduation, and full particulars of their marriages including names of their 
children and the dates and places of their births.) 

My present occupation is that of a 

I am connected with the 

(Name of firm, institution or corporation) 



Class Records and Their Contents 49 

as 

(State position which you hold) 

My business address is 

My residence address is 

My best permanent mail address is in care of 

My history since leaving Cornell is as follows: 

(Give, in narrative form and as fully as possible, (a) list of residences, (i) full account of 
all business, professional, political, religious or governmental positions you have filled, 
(c) state dates of all changes, (d) and names of all firms or institutions with which you 
have been connected, and in what capacity, together with (e) names of societies, clubs or 
other organizations of which you are a member, also (/) additional degrees received, giv- 
ing name of institution and date of receipt, (g) military record, (h) history of travels, with 
any noteworthy incidents connected therewith, favorite recreations and names of class- 
mates you have seen most frequently.) 

The following questions concern matters of interest and 
statistical value and are not covered in the above blank. 
They may assist Secretaries in deciding what to ask of their 
classmates. 

1. History before entering Cornell.? 

2. Did you engage in any gainful employment before 
entering Cornell.? Give particulars. 

3. Did you, wholly or in part, work your way through 
school or college.? What are your conclusions upon this 
course of procedure.? 

4. How many brothers and sisters have you had? How 
many of them reached the age of twenty-one? 

5. Where did you room each year in Ithaca? Your 
roommates.? 

6. What were your principal interests in Cornell, outside 
of the curriculum.? Your favorite study.? 

7. What part of your experience at Cornell do you most 
value in retrospect and what did or do you find to criticize.? 

8. Since graduation what have been your political and 
church affiliations.? 

9. If married, give date and place of birth of your wife, 
with number of brothers and sisters she had, stating how many 
reached the age of twenty-one. 

10. Give a list of articles written about you. 

11. How far back has your family history been traced 
upon your father's side.? 

12. How far upon your mother's side? 

13. If either of the above has been printed give title and 
date of book. 



50 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

14. From what country did your first American ancestor 
upon your father's side emigrate? What was his nationality? 
In what year (approximately) did he come over and in what 
State or portion of America did he settle? 

15. The same information concerning ancestry on moth- 
er's side. 

16. State, if possible, the names of your father's male 
ancestors in the direct line back to the first to arrive in 
America, giving also the years of their respective births and 
deaths, principal places of residence, occupations, college de- 
grees, and military and political services. 

17. The same information on the mother's side. 



FORM AND PRESERVATION 
OF RECORDS 



Two things should be done by the Life Secretary as soon 
as possible after Commencement. 

In the first place, a card catalog should be prepared which 
should include the names of all persons who have ever been 
regularly members of his class according to the University 
records. The form of card which has been adopted by the 
Class Secretaries is shown herewith. 



NAME 






OECRCC 


CLASS 


Residence 






Business Address 




Firm Nanne 




Occupation 


Entered Cornel! 




/^^ Left Cornell 






Registered from 




Course 








CORNELL 


ASSOCIATION OF CLASS SECRETARIES 




U B. RP996? 



As this card record is to be a permanent one, it should be 
made out with care, and once it is complete, it would be of 
material assistance to the University if a duplicate record of 
the class as a whole were made to be kept in charge of the 
Secretary of the University. Once a year the Secretary of the 
University and the Class Secretary should exchange a list of 
all class changes by death, change of address, marriage, or 
other material facts relative to the class. Each would be of 
material assistance to the other in keeping this duplicate list 

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52 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

always up to date. Both the University list and the Class 
Secretary list would be of great assistance to the Cornellian 
Council, and to the Associate Alumni in the preparation of 
mailing lists, or by furnishing information regarding the where- 
abouts of any former member of the University, 

A supply of class stationery should also be procured, 
uniform in size with the class records sheets. Two Tengwall 
files with an index in each would complete this equipment. 
In one file could be kept copies of all letters sent out either to 
the class or to the Secretaries of other classes, and in the other 
index could be preserved all letters received from classmates. 
As incoming letters are of various sizes, the simplest plan is to 
paste the incoming letter upon the standard perforated sheet 
without a printed heading, along a line parallel with the binding. 
This sheet has index of name, address and date on the back. 
In this way letters are well preserved and are easily accessible. 

The number of Class Secretaries who are adopting this 
method of preserving class correspondence is steadily increas- 
ing, and it is to be hoped that its use will soon become general. 
Inasmuch as all important class correspondence will ultimately 
be stored in the library of the University when the class ceases 
to exist, the desirability of such standardization is apparent. 
By its use, moreover, the work of the Secretary is reduced to a 
minimum. 

Some provision should be made for letters giving informa- 
tion of any kind about one or more of the men. These latter 
might be filed under the name of the man written about, rather 
than under that of the writer. Thus, if Smith writes that 
Jones has been appointed to some office, the letter is filed 
under "Jones," and not under "Smith." If some news of 
Robinson is included, a slip referring to it may be put under 
Robinson's name. Some Secretaries instead of this personal 
file have adopted a system of large individual envelopes with 
the man's name upon each and in these, as portfolios, are pre- 
served such letters and other items. The plan of pasting the 
letters upon the standard perforated sheets and keeping them 
on record in the index file will be found by most Secretaries to 
be the best method. 

In one portion of the file, sheets of perforated grey paper 
can easily be used to form a scrap-book of class history. Re- 
union circulars, and dinner menus can best be preserved in 
this way. Newspaper clippings on the ordinary plain per- 



Form and Preservation of Records 53 

forated sheets should follow either the member's history or the 
class event mentioned in the memorabilia file. 

Photogravure plates, half-tones, or similar materials that 
have been used in the preparation of class records should be 
sent to the Librarian of the University with the request that 
they be preserved in some fireproof building for safe keeping. 
All surplus copies of class records, Senior class books and 
similar publications should also be deposited in the University 
Library subject to the order of the Secretary of the issuing class. 

At any time until the edition is exhausted the volumes will 
be sent by the Librarian to any address upon the receipt of 
mailing directions, and the necessary postage. The failure 
to follow this plan of having such material in a safe University 
center could easily result in the entire loss of valuable records 
in case the death or illness of the Secretary permits his class 
material to fall into the hands of persons unfamiliar with its 
value. 

Whenever a class has become so small that there is no 
longer any Secretary, the accumulated archives of that class 
may be deposited in the University Library becoming thus a 
part of the permanent University records. This disposition 
seems eminently proper and is urged by the University author- 
ities. To Insure the accomplishment of this purpose there is 
issued by the Secretary of the Class Secretaries Association 
pasters reading as follows: 



These Records are the Property of the 

Class of _ „ 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY 

In case of the death or disappearance of the present 
Class Secretary they should be sent at once, by express, 
collect, to 

THE LIBRARIAN 

Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

who will Immediately notify 

The Cornell Association of Class Secretaries 



Always Keep These Records ia a Fireproof Safe 



54 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

A copy of this slip should be pasted in each book of class 
records, or in other books which the Secretary may desire to 
have placed in the University Library. 



The following standard class supplies can be procured 
from the Secretary of the Cornell Association of Class Sec- 
retaries. 

Catalog cards for class lists of members, 1000 $3.00 

Tengwall files No. 1, holding 300 sheets, 2" back, each 1.75 

(this is the better size) 

Tengwall files No. 2, holding 600 sheets, 3" back, each 1.75 

(this size is rather bulky) 

A-Z index for files, set. . • 1.00 

Index sheets for files in four's, 12 1.00 

Class History blanks, 8y2 x 14, perforated, Indenture bond, white, 

for graduates, 500 sheets 5.00 

Class History blanks, '&V2 x 14, perforated. Indenture bond, tinted 

blue, for non-graduates, 500 sheets 5.00 

Class History blanks, 8^/2 x 14, perforated, Indenture bond, tinted 

bufT, for under-graduates, 500 sheets 5.00 

Class History blanks, 8y2 x 14, perforated. Indenture bond, tinted 

pink, for women, 500 sheets 5.00 

Class History blanks, 8% x 14, perforated. Indenture bond, tinted 

green, for medical college, 500 sheets 5.00 

Class Stationery, 8V^ x 14, perforated, Indenture bond, white, with 

heading and name and address of Secretary, with index on back, 

1000 sheets 5.75 

Blank sheets, 8V2 x 14, perforated, Indenture bond, tinted light 

brown, with index on back for filing letters received, 1000 sheets 4.50 
Grey sheets, 81/2 x 14, perforated, light cardboard, for memorabilia, 

100 sheets 2.00 

Facsimile signature of Secretary, each 1.00 

Envelopes, No. 9, for class correspondence with corner card of 

Secretary 1000 3.75 



THE FINANCING OF CLASS 

RECORDS 
♦ 

AN IMPORTANT item is the financing of a Record. 
-^^ Very little that is definite can be said on this point 
because naturally the cost varies greatly with the size and 
style of the volume issued. Generally speaking, it will be 
found that a cloth-bound Record of standard size, delivered 
post-paid, costs about 32.00 for each member of the class, 
including the one hundred or more additional copies for com- 
plimentary distribution. This will be reduced to a minimum 
if the light-weight paper is employed, and increased if heavy- 
coated paper is Used and numerous half-tones introduced. 

If there is a well developed Class Fund as described under 
Class Organization, all or a goodly portion of the expense may 
be met from it. Otherwise a Secretary after assembling his 
material and obtaining the publication estimate from the 
printers (which should include the packing, addressing, and 
mailing by them) may call for subscriptions by a circular 
letter, per capita cost to be the minimum asked. As a matter 
of fact responses by many of the class to requests for contribu- 
tions to the Class Fund are slow, and are sometimes never 
received. This is, in most instances, due to the fact that the 
members feel that the class is to a certain extent moribund, 
and that as a result the class tax will be paid by but a few. In 
a general way, a Secretary can feel sure that each member of 
his class will gladly contribute a dollar or two a year toward a 
Class Fund, provided they feel that some work is actually being 
accomplished. 

A plan that has been adopted with success by some Sec- 
retaries is to print the Class Record and send it to each 
member of the class. In it is enclosed a slip, stating the 
exact cost of publication and asking that one or two dollars 
be sent to the Secretary to defray the cost of printing. The 
amount chosen should be the next even number of dollars 
above the actual cost per capita. This slight excess will 
provide for the distribution of the volume to the families of 
deceased classmates. 

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PUBLICATION OF CLASS RECORDS 



AN IMPORTANT task of a Secretary is the periodical prep- 
■*^ ^ aration and publication of a Class Record. The experience 
of other colleges shows that these records vary materially in 
scope, arrangement and frequency of issue. Few, if any, of 
the classes at Cornell have published a class record of sufficient 
importance to be cited as an example of what is desirable in 
such a publication. At Yale, however, with its years of tradi- 
tion and the activity of its Class Secretaries Association, 
many records have been published which are of permanent 
literary value. The suggestions made in the "Class Secre- 
taries' Handbook" of that University represent a wide ex- 
perience, and the following suggestions, based upon their 
latest and most mature opinions may well be followed by our 
own Secretaries. 

The publication of Records at five year intervals appears to 
be the approved method. Of these the Ten Year (Decennial) 
Record is apt to be the first elaborate compilation. In 
practice the Fifteen and Twenty Year Books seem to have 
less time and care given to them and are often supplementary. 
The Twenty-Five Year Book is the climax. If the five year 
plan is adhered to thereafter, the Records usually give only 
recent news of the men, reunion letters and items of interest, 
until the arrival of the Forty or Fifty Year Book, which may 
represent another climax. It is highly important that in at 
least one of the Records should be included a complete state- 
ment of the member's undergraduate career. 

The suggestion is made that a Secretary plan his work so as 
to lay out a series, instead of compiling an independent 
volume each time. Thus, the first Record, or Senior Year 
Book, might contain full particulars of each man's birth, 
parentage and antecedents, college honors, clubs, societies, 
rooms and roommates, and a portrait. 

(A Triennial pamphlet, if any, would contain no biograph- 
ical material, but merely an account of the Reunion and an 
address list). 

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Publication of Class Records 57 

Five years after graduation the second Record might be 
published, containing the members' careers since graduation 
only with the latest obtainable portraits of deceased members. 

(A Sexennial pamphlet, if any, would be like the Triennial). 

The third Record (Decennial) would contain a synopsis of 
matter in the second Record and sketches of the careers of 
members since that time. It might also contain portraits of 
deceased members and, perhaps, a brief synopsis of the first 
Record. 

The fourth and fifth Records, appearing fifteen and twenty 
years, respectively, after graduation, might follow the plan of 
the third or be mere collections of letters and recent news. 

The sixth Record, appearing twenty-five years after grad- 
uation, would then contain all the facts published in any 
previous Record, including the first, with additions to bring 
it down to the date of compilation and with all genealogical, 
bibliographical and other gaps, filled. This is the occasion 
also for the insertion of comparative photographs, showing 
each man as an undergraduate and as he appeared a quarter 
of a century later. 

The seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Records, issued at 
five year intervals, to be either supplements to the sixth or as 
mere collections of letters and recent news. 

The eleventh Record, appearing fifty years after graduation, 
to be a second climax and resume of the Class Achievements. 
Any subsequent publications are supplements only. 

Each class record contains in general a biographical sketch 
of each member of the class, certain statistical material and 
a class list of names and addresses. In some institutions it 
has been the custom to separate the graduate from the non- 
graduate members. This plan would seem to be inadvisable 
in Cornell for the good fellowship which should continue to 
exist among all the members of a given class is in no wise 
dependent upon the possession of a diploma. 

The biographies should be as readable and full of human 
interest as possible. Class letters should be drawn upon 
freely and the members so made to tell about themselves in 
their own way. 

Each issue may contain a synopsis of all biographical 
matter previously published so as to be complete in itself. 



58 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

Some Secretaries, however, do not consider this necessary and 
make their successive publications a series of supplements in 
this respect, gaining thus in economy and compactness, but 
usually losing in the matter of interest. 

A Necrology or list of all deceased members with biog- 
raphies of each. No name should be removed from the 
regular biographical list because of death. Each should be 
preserved in its proper sequence permanently but an asterisk 
should be prefixed to the name of each classmate who has died. 

At the end of every volume it is customary to place an 
address list which may be preserved as a complete roll of the 
Class, placing asterisks before the names of deceased members 
and omitting the address, but not removing the names them- 
selves from the alphabetical order. Such a roll serves purposes 
of reference that are not provided for otherwise. At the end 
of the roll it is well to give the total number of members, with 
a summary of those living and those dead. 

A feature of interest in some Class Records has been a 
collection of individual opinions upon various phases of 
Cornell life. Members have described what seem to them the 
weak points in the curriculum, the society system, college life 
as a whole and what seemed the strong points. They have dis- 
cussed defects and excellences in undergraduate discipline 
and similar matters. Such discussions are said to have 
interested the Faculty deeply. In the more important Records, 
the Decennial and the Twenty-Five Year Book, it has been 
found interesting to add special articles on the growth of the 
University and its changes on the various Alumni activities, 
and on the Professors who taught the class. 

In addition to the list of Class Officers and Committees, a 
note might be inserted, for example in an Appendix, stating the 
number of pages, the date of publication and the name of the 
compiler of each previous Record. In this connection the 
attention of Secretaries is called to the importance of having 
each Record give the date to which it is supposed to be 
complete. 

Two methods of naming Class Records may be given — one 
is to call the entire series "History of the Class of ... . Cornell 
University," numbering the successive volumes, Volume I, 
Volume II, etc. This has the advantages of uniformity and 



Publication of Class Records 59 

of indicating at once how many previous volumes there have 
been. On the other hand to some Secretaries the title "His- 
tory" seems somewhat less accurate and distinctive than 
"Decennial Record," or "Twenty-five Year Record of the 
Class of " This choice of titles is purely a matter of indi- 
vidual taste. 

It has been recommended by the Association of Class 
Secretaries that the class reports be issued in volumes which 
when bound shall measure 6x9 inches. For publications in 
pamphlet form 6^A x 9V2 inches is the size to be chosen. This 
permits of a quarter of an inch loss on the side and a quarter 
of an inch at top and bottom in trimming in case a number 
of the pamphlets are bound together. This is the size of most 
magazines. It is the size, moreover, best adapted for folding 
with the least waste in the usual size of paper manufactured 
for printers' use. 

The following styles of cover and order of contents are 
recommended: 

Cover. Ribbed silk or buckram. This is more durable 
than leather binding. The Cornell seal can be utilized either 
in the old or in the new form. The University colors or the 
Class colors can appropriately be utilized in the cover design. 

Frontispiece. Photograph of Class, Campus scene, or sym- 
bolic drawing by a member of the Class. 

Title Page. Printed in red if desired. 

First Biographical Record 

OF THE 

Class of 1869 

Cornell University 

John Doe, Class Secretary 

Ithaca 

Printed by Ink & Roller Co. 

1874 

Preface. 

Table of Contents, including list of illustrations. 
List of Class Officers and Committees. 

Accounts of Class Meetings, including accounts of all formal 
and informal reunions held by the Class since issuance of last 



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Class Record, and chronological list with dates of all meetings 
of the Class held since graduation. (Some Secretaries prefer 
to place the Biographies first in the Record, and follow these 
with the accounts of reunions and meetings.) 

Biographical Records. Names of all members, dead or 
alive, in alphabetical order, the dead prefixed by a * and 
followed by biographies as in the case of the living, or with 
reference to a previous volume containing complete biog- 
raphies. 

As a type of satisfactory biography the following has been 
copied from a recent Class Record of the Class of '94: 

*"JoHN Doe was born in Hartford, Conn., March 13, 1871. 
His father, James Doe, a physician and a graduate of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, Class of 
'45, v/as born in Boston, Mass., and his mother, Mary Roe, was 
born in Ridgefield, Conn. He is one of four children. 

''^College Honors — A First Colloquy at Commencement. 
Was a member of the College Choir and the University Glee 
Club. Was on the Ivy Committee. Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Wolf's Head. 

^^ Record Since Graduation — Studied medicine at the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, and received the 
degrees of M. A. and M. D. in June, 1898. Served on the 
house staff of St. Luke's Hospital from July, 1898, to July, 
1900. From July, 1900, to July, 1902, he was assistant demon- 
strator of physiology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 
From January, 1903 to 1905, he was assistant surgeon at 
Roosevelt's Hospital, O. P. D. In October, 1900, he opened an 
office for the practice of medicine at 23 West 37th Street. In 
the fall of 1901 he moved to 218 West 59th Street. In No- 
vember, 1904, he registered with the Massachusetts State 
Board and now has also an office at Green Hill, Worcester, 
Mass. The summer of 1904 was spent in travel in England 
and Europe, and in attendance on some of the hospital clinics 
in London, Berlin and Berne, From 1907 until the present 
he has been assistant attending surgeon at the City Hospital, 
New York City. 

^^Family — On March 16, 1901, he married Miss Sarah 
Smith, daughter of John Smith and Margaret C. Smith, at 



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Worcester, Mass. He has two children: Henry Robinson, 
born March i8, 1902, in New York City; Richard Smith, born 
April 30, 1906, in New York City. 

"Address — Home: 2 South Moreland Street, Worcester, 
Mass. Business: 500 E. looth Street, New York City." 

The following is a type of satisfactory chronicling of the 
lives of the children in a Supplementary Record of an older 
Class: 

The names are fictitious. 

"Farrar C. was graduated from Harvard in 1890, from the 
Harvard Medical School In 1892, the Massachusetts General 
Hospital in 1893, and began practice in Boston in August, 1893. 

"He married, October 12, 1893, Miss Frances McMurray, of 
Chicago, 111., and has 

CHILDREN 

Leslie Frances b. Boston, Mass. April 24, 1897. 

Farrar McMurray " " " March 11, 1902. 

''Bernard C. married in Detroit, Mich., November 19, 
1901, Caroline Ellis of Detroit, and has 

CHILDREN 

Margaret Elizabeth b. Saginaw, Mich. Jan. i, 1903. 

Mary Katherlne " " " Nov. 30, 1904. 

Alby Eugenia " " " Feb. 3, 1906. 

Alice Emmet " New York, N. Y. June 29, 1907. 

''Julia N. married December 29, 1892, Rev. George Rey- 
nolds, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Richfield Springs, 
N. Y., and has two 

CHILDREN 

Sanford Cobb b. Richfield Springs, N. Y. Oct. 27, 1893. 

Katharina Rainsford " " " " May 16, 1896. 

"Caroline B. married in Richfield Springs, N. Y., June 20, 
1899, McNaughton Miller of Albany, N. Y., and has a 

SON 

Ernest John b. Albany, N. Y. July 21, 1906." 

Bibliography of Members 

Statistics. The following statistics have been included in a 
number of Class Records, and are recommended to be used in 
whole or in part by other Secretaries: 



62 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

DEATHS 
CLASSMATES 

Names Places Dates 

Alphabetically 

Have columns' left sides perpendicular 

Total, I GO 







SEQUENCE OF DEATHS 




Last Names 




Dates 
Chronologically 

WIVES 


Ages 
Total, ICO 


Mrs. William Z. 


Jones Chicago, 111. 


Dec. 31, 1820 


Alphabetically 




CHILDREN BORN 


Total, 


Mary Adams 




Place 


Date 


Alphabetically 









Total, 

RECORD OF SERVICE UNDER U. S. GOVERNMENT 

Names Alphabetically 

Total, 

PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS 

Law Last Names Total, 

Medicine Last Names Total, 

Etc. 

FATHERS OF CLASSMATES GRADUATED AT CORNELL 

Full Names Graduated 1869 Chronologically 

Total, 

LOCALITY INDEX 

Address List of Class Members, as follows: 

John Aaron, residence, 227 West 7th Street, Plainfield, 
N. J.; business, care Limited Oil Company, 19 Broadway, 
New York City. 

Total 

The total to be always the number of class graduates and 
non-graduates. The dead starred and address omitted. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDS 

A COPY of each record should be sent to all living mem- 
bers of the class regardless of whether they contributed 
to the cost or not. A copy might well be sent to a single 
relative of each dead classmate, husband or wife, son or 
daughter, to maintain their interest in Cornell and in the class. 

In addition to these it might be well to send a copy with 
the compliments of the class to the donees marked with an 
asterisk in the following list: 

*President, Cornell University 

*Cornell University Library 

*Secretary, Cornell Association of Class Secretaries 

*Secretary, Yale Association of Class Secretaries 

*Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. 

*New York State Library, Albany, N. Y. 

*New York Public Library 

*Boston Public Library 

*Cornell Club of New York City 

*University Club of New York City 

Bryn Mawr College Library 

University of California Library 

Columbia University Library 

University of Chicago Library 

Harvard University Library 

Leland Stanford University Library 

University of Michigan Library 

University of Pennsylvania Library 

Princeton University Library 

Smith College Library 

Vassar College Library 

University of Wisconsin Library 

Yale University Library 

In connection with the colleges mentioned in the list it 
is suggested that the records be sent, not directly by the class, 
but to the Cornell University Library, with a request to send 

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64 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

them from there. The Library may negotiate "exchanges" 
by means of them which would be of benefit to the University. 

As a matter of course each Class Secretary should have on 
his permanent mailing list the names of all Class Secretaries 
of this Association, and a copy of each circular letter sent 
out to a class should be sent to each one of his colleagues. 
Class Records, too, should be supplied to such Class Secre- 
taries as desire to be placed upon an exchange list. 

In a similar way it would be well if each Class Secretary 
should place on his mailing list the name of the Secretary of 
the Class Secretaries Associations of any college or University 
in which an organization similar to our own exists. A system 
of exchanges with these Secretaries could be arranged with 
advantage by our own Association, and a certain number of 
Class Records could be profitably sent to the Secretary of our 
Association for distribution to other Associations of Class 
Secretaries who are willing to cooperate with us in a similar 
way. The knowledge of what is being done by such Asso- 
ciations throughout the country could not fail to be of material 
mutual advantage. 

It is proper also to include in every volume a note, for ex- 
ample, on the reverse of the title page, to the effect that if a 
copy of the book falls into the hands of one who does not value 
it, he would confer a favor by sending it to the Cornell Univer- 
sity Library, which is always glad to secure such copies. With 
every copy sent out it is well to enclose a postal card, addressed 
to the Secretary, and having on the reverse a form of receipt 
to be signed by the recipient, and the card then returned. 



OBITUARY NOTICES 

IN case of a death of a member it is customary to do 
several things. 

First, send to all living members a black bordered card 
giving notice of his death. The size of this which has proved 
most convenient is the 6 x 6% inch. This is the largest size 
sheet which with one fold will go in the standard envelope, 
6^4 X 3%. The information contained in this notice should be 
such that any classmate may know to whom he can send a 
note of sympathy if he desires so to do. 

A brief obituary notice, compiled from the class record 
should be prepared and sent to the Cornell Alumni News. 

In the name of the class a note of sympathy with flowers 
if so desired, can be sent to the family or to the home at the 
time of the funeral. 

In some instances where it is possible to do so, a class 
meeting might be called at some convenient time and place. 
At this meeting resolutions of sorrow and sympathy are 
adopted by a Committee and a copy sent to the family in- 
stead of a letter from the Secretary. If this plan be pursued 
it would be well to add to the notice a paragraph, "A special 
meeting of the class for the purpose of taking appropriate 
action is hereby called, and will be held (place) on the (date, 
with hour)." 

The following form is suggested as appropriate: 



To the members of Cornell 'OO: 

Date 

It is with great regret that I announce the death 
of our Classmate, Richard Roe, Friday, December o, 
'go, at (place). 

Roe was (a few words about his last occupation) 
until he was taken ill with (nature of illness and ap- 
proximate date of seizure). Funeral services were held 
(date) in (church, city and state) and the interment 
was (or will be) at 

Roe left surviving (widow, father, mother, or other 

nearest relative with name) whose address is 

Dated, December oo, 'oo. John Doe, Class Secretary 

(Address) 



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COOPERATION 

WITH THE UNIVERSITY 

IT IS eminently desirable that the closest harmony and co- 
operation should exist between the Class Secretaries and the 
Secretary of the University, who is the immediate representa- 
tive of this particular phase of University work. Mention has 
been made already of the great assistance which could be ren- 
dered by the University at the outset of the student's career. 
This should then be carried on as a matter of course by the 
Class Secretaries, but it frequently happens that information 
reaches the Secretary of the University concerning a former 
student which his own Class Secretary does not have. The 
reverse of this is also true. 

After a class has ceased to exist its class records, memora- 
bilia, and other historical documents should ultimately find 
their way into the University Library. The forging of a firm 
connecting link in such a manner as that described in another 
section of this book would do much to assist both our Alma 
Mater and our Secretaries. 



WITH ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS 

THE Cornell Club of New York City was the first Alumni 
body of any importance to be organized out of the city of 
Ithaca, but as will be seen by the accompanying list, the num- 
ber of Cornell Clubs and Associations is now large and is 
steadily increasing. To properly organize a Cornell Club in 
any locality, specific knowledge must be secured as to the 
whereabouts of all former students within a reasonable radius 
of the club headquarters. This information the Class Sec- 
retaries should be able to supply, but inasmuch as they are 
widely scattered it is necessary that the material which they 
have should be collected at one central bureau at Ithaca. Here, 

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Cooperation with Alumni Associations 6j 

too, the geographical list that has been suggested would give 
the necessary information at once. 

Similar coordination of names and addresses by class and 
by residence should also be available for the use of the Cor- 
nellian Council and cordial cooperation with that body is also 
imperative if our work is to be productive of much practical 
good. 

The growing magnitude and complexity of the work of the 
Class Secretaries, especially in view of the great increase of 
later classes, the desirability of accumulating and preserving of 
Cornell data and memorabilia of all kinds in a systematic 
fashion, and the advantage of lightening the work of indi- 
vidual Secretaries by distributing this work among a large 
number of loyal Alumni in different parts of the country all 
suggest that some plan should be made to secure the appoint- 
ment of official correspondents at various centers of Cornell 
men throughout the country and beyond. The Secretary of 
each Cornell Club or Association could very properly be made 
an ex officio associate member of the Secretary's Association. 
It might frequently happen that such Secretaries would be of 
great value to a Class Secretary in relocating some lost class- 
mate. 

There are doubtless many other suggestions as to methods 
which could be advised which could synchronize the activities 
of our three Alumni organizations, but enough has been said 
to indicate some of the methods which can be followed with 
some certainty of success. As we progress in our work it is 
hoped that the threefold tie will steadily become stronger. 

•:• « 

WITH THE " CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS " 



IF IT were possible to send personal bulletins regarding mem- 
bers of the class to each individual, this would be the ideal 
method of inter-communication. As it is, the "Cornell Alumni 
News" is trying to be this medium of communication. Much 
of its success in this role will depend upon the hearty coopera- 
tion of the Class Secretaries. Each Secretary, upon request. 



68 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

will be supplied with postal cards directed to the Editor of the 
"Alumni News," and on these, from time to time, he should 
send any items of interest regarding his own classmates, or 
other Cornellians. These items include the achievements, 
honors conferred, changes in occupation or address, marriages, 
and births of children. In the case of class reunions or of 
annual dinners, either of the class, or of Cornell Clubs and 
Associations, it should be the duty of some one present to send 
an account of the function to Ithaca for publication in the 
"News." If that plan were followed the value of the paper to 
the Alumni would be greatly increased and with an increased 
circulation, the paper itself would benefit. 




SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE 

♦ 

TTT'ITH the conferring of diplomas upon the first class at 
T ▼^ Cornell in 1869, a series of graduate organizations came 
into existence. The Associate Alumni was naturally the first 
of these. Then the need was felt for some society which 
should give to each class a representative and this led to the 
formation of the Cornell Association of Class Secretaries. 
More recently the need for the consolidation of all efforts on 
the part of former students to do their share in providing funds 
for the maintenance and material growth of the University 
has led to the formation of the Cornellian Council. Similar 
activities have followed the foundation and growth of other 
institutions of learning, and their history seems to show that 
the time is now ripe for the welding together of our various 
alumni organizations in such a wise that the three bodies — 
the Associate Alumni, the Class Secretaries, and the Cornellian 
Council — while each having its own separate and definite 
duties, shall all three be so associated as to economize expendi- 
ture, prevent duplication of work, and thereby enhance their 
efficiency. 

We long ago learned at Cornell, that to secure a winning 
crew the men must work, not as separate units, but as indi- 
vidual cogs in a perfected piece of human machinery. In a 
similar way it would seem to me and to others who have given 
this whole subject much thought, that a more definite 
affiliation of the three graduate organizations already men- 
tioned could profitably be accomplished. As a first step in 
this affiliation the President of the Cornellian Council and the 
President of the Association of Class Secretaries should be made 
ex officio members of the Board of Directors of the Associate 
Alumni. If this were done an added strength would be given 
to that organization. The President of the Association would 
then naturally become the Chairman of the Committee on 
Commencement and Alumni Reunions, the Class Secretaries 
of all classes holding formal reunions would naturally consti- 
tute an Executive Committee to work with the President of 
the Association of Class Secretaries and formulate a definite 
Commencement program, thus increasing the efficiency of the 

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yo Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

Class Secretaries and making the Alumni Reunions more 
successful and interesting than they have been heretofore. 

Several years ago the custom was adopted by one of the 
classes meeting at Commencement of extending an invitation 
to any members of the class preceding and the class following 
it, who might be in Ithaca at commencement time to join with 
the Reunion Class and regard themselves for the time being 
as its members. An amplification of this plan would seem to 
be well worth consideration. Seven classes are always more 
or less associated during the University life of a single class 
and it generally happens that a member of the graduating 
class has friends in the three classes which immediately pre- 
ceded or immediately followed his own. It would be well to 
extend still further the invitation just mentioned to include 
any members of the two classes immediately preceding and 
following the Reunion Class. If this plan were followed out 
it would mean that at Commencement time all former students 
of all classes would have a definite center of attraction and 
could easily be made to feel that their presence gave an added 
pleasure to the class whose Reunion was the principal attrac- 
tion at that particular time. This would compare favorably 
with the rather complex group plan of Reunions that has been 
advocated at sister universities and once established it is 
probable that its success would lead to the continuance of the 
plan. Each class, of course, under our present system of class 
registration could easily have its own headquarters and its 
own festivities if it so desired, but frequently two or three 
members only of a class will happen to be in Ithaca at Com- 
mencement time and feel, at the present time, that they are 
practically excluded from class Reunions. 

With the growth of Class Records and the increased ac- 
cumulation of material which in the future will be of a special 
value to the historical student who concerns himself with the 
growth of educational institutions, it would seem wise to pro- 
vide, even at this early date, some headquarters in Ithaca 
which should be the final repository for Class memorabilia of 
any sort which its secretary may not find it useful or conven- 
ient to keep among his own belongings, or which he prefers to 
deposit in some central office. The various photographs, en- 
gravings and other illustrations used in class books could there 



Suggestions for the Future 71 

be received, catalogued, stored and held subject to the order 
of the secretary of the issuing class; the unused copies of 
Class Records could be deposited there and mailed therefrom 
at the direction and order of the Class Secretary. It might 
be ultimately possible to have a paid Office Secretary in charge 
of this bureau who could assist the Class Secretaries in the 
compilation of records, in the issuance of circular letters, of 
the reunion correspondence, or in the furnishing to graduates 
or non-graduates information now supplied by the individual 
secretaries. Some of the more wealthy graduates might well 
endow such an office and provide for an office secretary. Such 
a bureau has already been established at Yale and has been 
found to be of material assistance to the University and to the 
Class Secretaries in many ways. 

In view of the fact that the University Library is the 
natural place in which such records could be deposited and the 
Secretary of the University, the one officer who is especially 
interested in cooperative work with the class Secretaries, it 
might be well if some arrangement could be made to have the 
University authorities assume charge of this department of 
the work. A geographical index at such a bureau would be 
of material assistance in the organization of Alumni Asso- 
ciations or Cornell Clubs. The University in this way could 
work with the Class Secretaries Association to their mutual 
advantage. 

These suggestions have not been made in a spirit of criti- 
cism, but in the hope that they may arouse a certain amount 
of discussion among the alumni, and, if the various plans 
suggested are found desirable they may be adopted or modified 
in any way which seems best. 

It is the hope of the writer that this initial publication of 
the Cornell Class Secretaries will pave the way for future con- 
tributions of a similar character which will stimulate the work 
at Cornell, and possibly be the indirect source of inspiration 
or of help to the many men and women throughout our land 
who have the welfare of their own individual Alma Mater 
ever prominently in mind. 



ASSOCIATE ALUMNI 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
* 

OFFICERS 
1913-1914 

President 

ROGER LEWIS, '98 

32 Liberty Street, New York City 

Vice- Presidents 

ELON HUNTINGTON HOOKER, '94 

MRS. FREDERICK VERNON COVILLE, '89 

Secretary 
WILLARD WINFIELD ROWLEE, '88 
II East Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

Treasurer 
RICHARD OLIVER WALTER, '91 

Directors 

CHARLES MONROE THORP, '84 

JAMES HARVEY EDWARDS, '88 

SIMON LOUIS ADLER, '89 

BERT HOUGHTON, '89 

WILLIAM MITCHELL IRISH, JR., '90 

WILLIAM FITCH ATKINSON, '95 

FRED ROLLIN WHITE, '95 

LEWIS LEEDS TATUM, '97 

WILLIAM CHAUNCEY GEER, '98 

FRANK SCOULLER PORTER, '00 

ALFRED DUPONT WARNER, JR., '00 

EDWARD RENICK ALEXANDER, '01 

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THE CORNELLIAN COUNCIL 

>:« 

OFFICERS 
1913-1914 

President 
IRA ADELBERT PLACE, '81 

Vice-President 
ROBERT JAMES EIDLITZ, '85 

Secretary 
EADS JOHNSON, '99 

Executive Committee 

THE PRESIDENT 

THE VICE-PRESIDENT 

ERNEST VAIL STEBBINS, '93 

EDWARD LIVINGSTON STEVENS, '99 

ROBERT EARL COULSON, '09 

HONORARY MEMBERS 

JULIUS CHAMBERS, '70 

FREDERIC SCHOFF, '71 

WILLIAM JONES YOUNGS, '72 

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74 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

ACTIVE MEMBERS 

874 LAZENBY, WILLIAM RANK 

State University, Columbus, Ohio 

875 HARMON, CHARLES SUMNER 

First National Bank Building, Chicago, 111. 

876 CADY, JEREMIAH KIERSTED 

172 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 

877 HAVILAND, MERRITT ELVIN 

32 Nassau Street, Manhattan, New York City 

878 EVERSON, CHARLES BROWN 

Everson Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 

879 TOMKINS, CALVIN 

21 West loth Street, Manhattan, New York City 

880 MESSENGER, HIRAM JOHN 

Care of Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. 

881 PLACE, IRA ADELBERT 

Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan, New York City 

882 SCHENCK, HERBERT DANA 

75 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

883 MATTHEWS, FRANKLIN Care of New York Times, 

Times Building, Manhattan, New York City 

884 PATTEN, HENRY JAY 

Western Union Building, Chicago, 111. 

885 EIDLITZ, ROBERT JAMES 

30 East 42d Street, Manhattan, New York City 

886 DELIMA, ELIAS ABINUN 

2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 

887 MILLER, GEORGE CONGDON 

1012 Fidelity Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 

888 METZGER, ALBERT ELBRACHT 

President, German-American Trust Company, Indianapolis, Ind. 

889 STERN, LEON 

Chamber of Commerce Building, Rochester, N. Y. 

890 AUERBACH, JUNIUS THEODORE 

6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 

891 ALMIRALL, RAYMOND FRANCIS 

185 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City 

892 MICKLE, ROBERT THOMAS 

Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

893 STEBBINS, ERNEST VAIL 

42 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 

894 YOUNG, EDWIN PARSON 

Tonawanda, Pa. 

89s PATTERSON, WOODFORD 

Ithaca, N. Y. 

896 BURDEN, OLIVER DUDLEY 

935 University Block, Syracuse, N. Y. 

897 LYON, NEWALL 

45 Cedar Street, Manhattan, New York City 

898 KUHN, JOHN JOSEPH 

177 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The Cornellian Council 75 

1899 STEVENS, EDWARD LIVINGSTON 

154 Nassau Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1900 BENSLEY, JOHN RUSSELL, JR. 

3933 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

1901 SENIOR, JOHN LAWSON 

First National Bank Building, Tulsa, Okla. 

1902 VVHINERY, MAURICE 

7 Laight Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1903 MORSE, RAYMOND PARMELEE 

166 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

1904 TIBBETTS, HARLAND BRYANT 

37 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1905 WILDER, ERSKINE PHELPS 

Elmhurst, 111. 

1906 COIT, ROBERT HOWLAND 

356 Cherry Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

1907 POLLAK, JULIAN ALBERT 

2648 Stanton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 

1908 MENNEN, WILLIAM GERHARD 

42 Orange Street, Newark, N. J. 

1909 COULSON, ROBERT EARL 

62 Cedar Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1910 WALBRIDGE, RODNEY OLIN 

177 Rugby Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

191 1 HAWKES, ARTHUR WYLLYS, JR. 

Phoenix, N. Y. 

1912 YOAKUM, FINIS EWING, JR. 

140 East Avenue, 59, Los Angeles, Cal. 

1913 KREMER, WARD 

514 West 114th Street, Manhattan, New York City 

MEMBERS AT LARGE 

1873 FRANEKENHEIMER, JOHN 

25 Broad Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1876 WASON, CHARLES WILLIAM 

9209 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 

1885 COMSTOCK, MRS. ANNA BOTSFORD 

Roberts Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 

1885 KITTINGER, GEORGE BATCHELDER 

659 Colman Block, Seattle, Wash. 

1892 BACON, GEORGE WOOD 

115 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 

1897 AFFELD, FRANK OTTO, JR. 

141 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 

1900 WHITE, KELTON EWING 

303 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Mo. 

1901 METCALF, WILLIAM, JR. 

1410 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

1901 STRAIGHT, WILLARD DICKERMAN 

23 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City 

1902 SHEPHERD, ERNEST STANLEY 

Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute, Washington, D. C. 



ALUMNI SECRETARIES 

CORNELL CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 

♦ 

GENERAL 

THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNI OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY 

RowLEE, Prof. Willard Winfield . ii East Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. 

THE CORNELLIAN COUNCIL 

Johnson, Eads 30 Church St., New York City 

THE CORNELL ASSOCIATION OF CLASS SECRETARIES 

Austen, Willard . . . Ambleside, University Place, Ithaca, N. Y. 

THE CORNELL SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 

Truran, Ernest Alfred . . 419 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. 

EAST 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB 

65 Park Ave., New York City 

CORNELL CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND 

Palmer, Lewis Eugene 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 

CORNELL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT 

Butler, Robert Paul 165 Whitney St., Hartford, Conn. 

CORNELL ASSOCIATION OF BROpKLYN 

Cobleigh, Henry Rice (International Steam Pump Co.) 

115 Broadway, New York City 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN NEW YORK 

Cox, James William, Jr P. O. Box 677, Albany, N. Y. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SCHENECTADY 

Dix, Howard Whedon .... 841 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN NEW YORK 

Hooker, George Haines 8 State St., Watertown, N. Y. 

CORNELL CLUB OF OSWEGO COUNTY 

JuDSON, David Henry 172 West 5th St., Oswego, N. Y. 

ONEIDA COUNTY CORNELL ASSOCIATION 

Mason, Charles Bliven 72 Oneida St., Utica, N. Y. 

CORNELL CLUB OF HERKIMER COUNTY 

McIntosh, Frederick D Little Falls, N. Y. 

CORNELL CLUB OF SYRACUSE 

Costello, Arthur Alexander 

42 White Memorial Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SENECA FALLS 

Gay, John Sedgwick 116 Fall St., Seneca Falls, N. Y. 

76 



Alumni Secretaries 77 

CORNELL CLUB OF BINGHAMTON 

Hart, Harold Leslie 24 Murray St., Binghamton, N. Y. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER 
Gannett, Frank Ernest . . . Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, N. Y. 

CORNELL CLUB OF ROCHESTER 

Weldgen, Nicholas John. . . 911 Wilder Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK 
Kennedy, William Henry . . . 727 White Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB OF NIAGARA FALLS 

Lovelace, Frederick Laurens . Power-House, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

JAMESTOWN ASSOCIATION 

Price, Albert Stanley EUicott Bldg., Jamestown, N. Y. 

CORNELL CLUB OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 

Eberhardt, Henry Ezra 97 Congress St., Newark, N. J. 

THE CORNELL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA 

Carpenter, Charles Agriah . 5437 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION 

Shoemaker, Seth Whitney 827 Electric St., Scranton, Pa. 

CORNELL CLUB OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

Scott, John Hull 5734 Kentucky Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE 

Warner, Alfred Dupont, Jr.. 1503 West 14th St., Wilmington, Del. 

SOUTH 

CORNELL ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND 

Behrman, I. Ellis . . . 1121 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. 

CORNELL CLUB OF WASHINGTON 

Cox, Herbert Randolph 

Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB OF LOUISIANA 

Soule, Edward Everett . . 603 St. Charles St., New Orleans, La. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB OF TEXAS 

Fountain, Thomas Lily, Fountain-Shaw Engraving Co., Dallas, Texas 

MIDDLE 

NORTHEASTERN OHIO CORNELL ASSOCIATION 

Harris, Joseph Porter . . . 602 Cuyahoga Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF TOLEDO 

Mandler, Charles Jacob 430 Superior St., Toledo, Ohio 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA 

Noyes, Nicholas Hartman . Care of Eli-Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN 

Hastings, Harold Merwin ... 9 Fairbanks St., Detroit, Mich. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO 

Sailor, Robert Warren .... 1415 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 



78 Class Secretaries and Their Duties 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MILWAUKEE 

Fernow, Bernhard Edward, Jr 

(Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co.), Milwaukee, Wis. 

THE CORNELL CLUB OF ST. LOUIS 

BouGHTON, JuDSON Hartwell .... Plerce Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 

NORTHEASTERN CORNELL CLUB 

Flocken, Charles Frederick, M. D . . . 

2624 Emerson Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF IOWA 

Rockefeller, Roy Polk (Rock Island Railroad), Davenport, Iowa 

HEAD OF THE LAKES CORNELL ASSOCIATION . 

Hargreaves, Fred Wells .... 513 East 3d St., Duluth, Minn. 

OMAHA CORNELL CLUB 

Battin, John Wilson 925 N. Y. Life Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. 

WEST 

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

Rogers, Edmund 403 McPhee Bldg., Denver, Colo. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF UTAH 

Williams, Paul O. S. L. R. R., Salt Lake City, Utah 

LOGAN CORNELL CLUB 

Peterson, Elmer George . Utah Agricultural College, Logan, Utah 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANE 

Price, Ernest University Club, Spokane, Wash. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE 

Crawford, Thomas Frew, Jr 

. . . (Terminal Machinery Co.), 801 Lowman Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 

PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION 

Nash, Frank DeElwin . 500 Bank of Calif. Bldg., Tacoma, Wash. 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF PORTLAND 

Sailor, George Raymond .... Couch Bldg., Portland, Oregon 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 

Goodrich, Leroy Rosengren .... 332 Forest St., Oakland, Cal. 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 

Black, Charles Willard . . 1223 Maryland St., Los Angeles, Cal. 

FOREIGN AND INSULAR 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF FRANCE 

Charpiot, Henry Charles 26 rue LafRtte, Paris, France 

CORNELL CLUB OF HAWAII 

Case, Dr. Lloyd Everett • 

Quartermaster Department, Honolulu, Hawaii 

CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
Gideon, Abraham City Hall, Manila, P. I. 

CORNELL CLUB OF NORTH CHINA 

Hanson, George Charles . . American Consulate, Chefoo, China 



Alumni Secretaries 79 

WOMEN'S CLUBS 

FEDERATION OF CORNELL WOMEN'S CLUBS 

Bowers, Miss Emma 408 Hector St., Ithaca, N. Y. 

ALBANY 

Dunham, Mrs. Frederick Gibbons .352 Manning Blvd., Albany, N. Y. 

BOSTON 

Johnson, Miss Laura Katherine 102 "The Fenway," Boston, Mass. 

BUFFALO 

North, Mrs. Robert 50 Saybrook Place, Buffalo, N. Y. 

CHICAGO 

Sailor, Mrs. Robert Warren 61 i i Washington Blvd., Oak Park, 111. 

CLEVELAND 

Beahan, Mrs. Willard . . . 2213 Bellfield Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 

ITHACA 

Northrop, Miss Louella Forest Home, Ithaca, N. Y. 

NEW YORK 

Heller, Mrs. Harley Howard 1330 St. Nicholas Ave., N. Y. City 

PHILADELPHIA 

Whiteley, Miss Ethel . . 2253 North 53d St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROCHESTER 

Proseus, Miss Edna 409 Jefferson Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 

TROY 

True, Miss Mary Troy High School, Troy, N. Y. 

UTICA 

BiBBiNS, Miss Florence Estelle . . 857 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. 

WASHINGTON 

Donnan, Miss Elizabeth . . 3809 Keokuk St., Washington, D. C. 

WORCESTER 

Tucker, Miss Arabella Hannah . 554 Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass. 



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